Robbie Fowler hits back at Gary Neville's 'disrespectful' claim about his Liverpool career
Robbie Fowler hits back at Gary Neville's 'disrespectful' claim about his Liverpool career
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Liverpool icon Robbie Fowler has slammed Gary Neville for making a controversial claim about his Anfield career. Neville had said the fact Fowler remained at Liverpool stopped him becoming England's greatest-ever goalscorer, and that he would have achieved the status had he joined him at Manchester United. Speaking on Sky Sports show The Overlap on Tour last year, Neville said: 'Can I make a controversial statement?.
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'It might not even be controversial. Robbie Fowler could have been England's greatest-ever goalscorer if he hadn't grown up in that Liverpool team. So if he'd have been part of the Class of '92, at United.'. However, on Thursday's The LineUp show, Fowler finally responded to Neville's claim. 'I mean, that's disrespectful,' said the Liverpool icon after Jim White read aloud the quotes. Liverpool icon Robbie Fowler has responded to Gary Neville's controversial statement, calling it 'disrespectful'.
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The Man United legend said Fowler's Liverpool career negatively impacted his scoring success. Fowler scored 183 goals during his Liverpool career and is the club's seventh-highest scorer of all time. 'In fact, we were probably close to matching Manchester United. Certainly when I think of maybe '96, that year we were brilliant, and possibly were better than Man United. 'We were probably inconsistent against the so-called weaker teams, Manchester United used to beat them whereas we maybe struggled to win those games.'.
Fowler enjoyed a superb career at Liverpool as he won five trophies, including the UEFA Cup, the UEFA Super Cup, the FA Cup and two League Cups. The former striker scored 183 goals and delivered 50 assists in 369 games in the Reds' shirt, yet never lifted the Premier League or Champions League. He did not match the heights of his club career with England as he scored only seven goals in 26 games. Jamie Carragher also hit back at Neville's controversial statement last year: 'The Class of '92 never went for a drink. Oh my God! We went to Italy and prayed,' he joked.
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