Micah Richards ‘roleplays Superman’ with dive that has Carragher in disbelief
Micah Richards was savagely trolled by Jamie Carragher and Thierry Henry for a ‘superman’ dive throughout his taking part in days.
The former Manchester City and England defender was left speechless on CBS Sports’ protection of City’s 3-2 win away at Crvena zvezda after an embarrassing dive he made throughout a sport between Aston Villa and Stoke City was introduced up and laughed at by his fellow pundits.
Following City’s Champions League win on Tuesday evening due to targets from children Micah Hamilton, Oscar Bobb and Kalvin Phillips, Carragher seemingly took difficulty with a theatrical dive from Hamilton as he launched himself via the air after a tug on his shirt. The Liverpool legend’s over-the-top criticism sparking debate between him and Richards over whether or not the incident was a dive or not.
READ MORE: Newcastle gamers scuffle with opposition gamers at full-time for third time this week
READ MORE: Martin Tyler returns to UK soccer commentary throughout Champions League motion
However, it was all a arrange, as Carra didn’t pin the blame solely on the door of the City teenager, saying: “When you think of his name, he obviously looks up to you (Richards), where do you think he got it from? Where do you think he learnt it from?”
CBS Sports’ producers then seamlessly transitioned right into a video of an notorious dive from Richards throughout his profession, exhibiting the defender at Villa chasing after his contact within the opposing penalty field, earlier than launching himself via the air when ex-Stoke midfielder Glenn Whelan closed him down. As Richards was proven the wrong way up along with his legs in a straight line and his toes by the top of Whelan, the panel burst into laughter.
Whose dive was worse Micah Hamilton or Micah Richards’? Let us know within the feedback part.
Carragher started shrieking over the video: “What are you doing?! What is that?! I’ve never seen anything like that, look where his boots are!” Whilst Henry sounded genuinely disenchanted within the ex-England worldwide, saying: “No, no, can we see that again, look at his leaps, what are you doing?” Richards may solely sit in embarrassment whereas host Kate Abdo couldn’t maintain again her laughter.
Fans additionally reacted to the panel exhibiting Richards’ dive, with one remark saying: “Why is Micah Richards always getting cooked differently after UCL games??” A second mentioned: “Bro looked like he was tryna roleplay superman.” A 3rd added: “He landed on his lips FR”, whereas a fourth mentioned: “Michael Phelps will be proud of that dive.”