James Maddison's reaction to Jamie Carragher's rant over Mohamed Salah speaks volumes.
Tottenham midfielder Maddison was a guest on Monday Night Football for coverage of Wolves versus Manchester United, alongside Carragher and presenter David Jones.
The England international is currently recovering from an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury suffered during pre-season.
The most notable part of the coverage saw Carragher respond to Liverpool star Salah's explosive comments after Saturday's 3-3 draw at Leeds.
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Salah, who was an unused substitute at Elland Road, gave an unprompted post-match interview in the mixed zone to a Norwegian reporter, in which he claimed he had been thrown 'under the bus' by Liverpool and manager Arne Slot, who had not selected him to start the past three games.
Liverpool icon Carragher described his comments as a 'disgrace', adding: "I think when he stops in the mixed zone, it's choreographed with him, and his agent, to cause maximum damage and to strengthen his own position.
"He chose this weekend to do this. He's waited, I think, for a bad result for Liverpool. Concede a last-minute goal, supporters, the manager, everyone at the club feels like they are in the gutter and he's chose that time to go for the manager and to maybe try and get him sacked. That's how I felt about it.
"When we are talking about throwing people under the bus, he's threw the Liverpool right-back under the bus for eight years. Can you imagine playing behind him for eight years? But we accept it, because he's a superstar and he's scored 250 goals and he's given me, as a Liverpool supporter, some of the greatest nights of my life."
Carragher also highlighted his lack of success with Chelsea before signing for Liverpool, and his failure thus far to win the Africa Cup of Nations with Egypt.
"No matter how good a player you are, you need help from your team-mates, your manager and your fans," he continued.
"And I think it's important he remembers that. It's always 'me, me, me'."
Throughout Carragher's eight-minute monologue, Maddison stayed silent - perhaps, understandably, not wanting to enflame tensions with a fellow Premier League player.
But he has responded in the form of an Instagram story, and captioned alongside two laughing emojis: "Watching that Jamie Carragher rant live."
The photo showed Maddison wide-eyed as he looked towards the camera.
The 29-year-old is expected to miss most, if not all, of the season, having recently returned to light training at Spurs' training ground.
Maddison is, however, still at the non-contact stage and is away from the rest of the first-team squad as a result.
"It's still a long-term injury," Spurs boss Thomas Frank said on Monday. "So it's good to see him out there. But very early stages.
"There's no specific timeframe. It'll be a long time, unfortunately, before he's available."
Topics: James Maddison, Jamie Carragher, Liverpool, Premier League, Football
Ryan Smart