[lfc-news] That's rich - Carra

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That's rich - Carra Sep 29 2005
By Chris Bascombe, Liverpool Echo

JAMIE CARRAGHER today hit back at Jose Mourinho's long ball jibes against
Liverpool by insisting: "There's no side more direct than Chelsea."

Mourinho claimed the Reds' tactics were based on feeding it high to Peter
Crouch during last night's 0-0 draw at Anfield.

But after an impressive overall display, Carragher was in no mood to listen
to Mourinho's latest moans.

Carragher said: "We watched videos of Chelsea before the game and when we
saw their game against Bayern Munich from last season ' s Champions League,
I couldn't remember seeing so many long balls in a match since I started
watching football in the 1980s.

"No-one could accuse us of playing too direct last night. Our midfielders
got the better of them. When you look at the quality they've got in
Lampard, Essien and Makelele, I thought Xabi, Didi and Steven had the upper
hand.

"I know it's an easy accusation to make against a side when you've a six
foot seven striker, but we showed a lot of good quality all over the pitch.

"We've now got an another option in Peter Crouch, but I'm not having it
that we played it all long to him. We didn't.

"He's shown what quality he's got on the deck, anyway. I know Sven-Goran
Eriksson was there last night and he'll have been impressed because I
thought Crouchy was outstanding again. He's got to be favourite to wear
that number nine shirt for England against Austria."

After an encouraging performance, Carragher is now relishing the chance to
have another bite at the Premiership leaders at Anfield this weekend.

"We'll take a lot of confidence from the game because we feel we've played
really well and could have won it," said Carragher.

"They've not scored against us in their last three games and the goals they
did get last season were all from set pieces.

"I've got a lot of respect for their defenders and they are very hard to
score against, but we know we've got nothing to fear."

After all the pre-match complaints about Luis Garcia's goal last season,
this time it was Liverpool's turn to feel the scales of justice were tipped
against them.

"It was a definite penalty," added Carragher, after his header struck
William Gallas. "We've had a couple of penalty shouts against them turned
down now. I remember the incident with Tiago last season.

"There was a lot of crying about decisions which have gone our way by
you-know-who before the game last night, but fortunately our club has got a
bit more class so we won't spend the next few weeks going on about it."

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