Jamie Carragher admits he crunched Liverpool teammate in training after being mocked over England call-up

Jamie Carragher says he crunched his former Liverpool teammate in training as he weighed in on Harry Maguire.

He also believes the 30-year-old could do with some 'fire in his belly' as he recalled a training ground clash with Rigobert Song.

Carragher reacted by putting in a 'late tackle' on Song as he suggested Maguire needs to 'get furious and strike back'.

"Hearing all the derision - some of it from my own supporters - made me react in the next game away at Hull City. My default response was anger.

"'I don’t give a f**k what anyone thinks anymore,' I thought. I was going to show people they would not walk all over me."

Carragher added: "My confession in my 2008 autobiography that I once put a late tackle in training on a team-mate, Rigobert Song, because he laughed when he heard I had been called up by England grabbed headlines. No one dared try and take the p**s out of me like that again.

"Obviously, I would not condone Maguire doing the same to anyone showing disrespect, but he could do with some more fire in his belly; to get furious and start to strike back. He does not strike me as such a character. That is why he has become easy prey."