Jamie Carragher had a sour return to the famous Kop End at Anfield as he witnessed Liverpool lose to Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League. Normally covering these matches in the CBS Sports studio, he opted to get a ‘fan’s experience’ for this special clash.
What the Englishman witnessed was a rather frustrating effort from the Reds. They failed to score in 120 minutes and lost the match in a penalty shootout. At the end of the first 90 minutes, the cameras even caught Carragher looking rather grim at the Kop End.
At one point, a Liverpool fan beside the ex-skipper started to shout something in his ears. It wasn’t audible what was being said, but perhaps the supporter was venting frustrating about the performance and how the players can do better. Carragher, for one, didn’t even seem that interested in what the fan had to say.
He just stood there with a bland, disinterested expression on his face. This has caused this funny image to be compared with a popular meme. This has been compared with the meme of a man shouting something into the ears of his girlfriend at a pub, with the girl looking really bored out.
This original meme was actually created from a picture taken at a nightclub in Edinburg. What the man, Patrick Richie, was actually saying to his partner Lucia Gorman has never been revealed. But this picture has become the source for many funny memes over the years, especially in the context of football fans explaining stuff to their disinterested partners.
Carragher was probably too annoyed with the Reds’ performance to bother debating with those around him at the Kop End. At one point, the cameras also found the 47-year-old’s face looking fully reddened as he witnessed his side eliminated from the Champions League.
The Englishman was also stunned and distraught with the outcome of the penalty shootout. During the penalty shootout, he had his hands on his cheeks after realizing that Liverpool would be eliminated from the Champions League.
After the result, Carragher resumed his punditry duties and told the CBS team that ‘the best team won’. But his meme-like reactions from the clash will probably be remembered for a long time.
