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Micah Richards told Gary Neville he was a better player than him, his reaction was priceless

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Updated 09:49 3 Jun 2023 GMT+1Published 09:44 3 Jun 2023 GMT+1

Micah Richards told Gary Neville he was a better player than him, his reaction was priceless

Micah Richards told Gary Neville exactly what he thought of him as a player in a Manchester derby special.

Josh Lawless

Josh Lawless

Micah Richards told Gary Neville he was a better player than him, resulting in a hilarious reaction from the Manchester United skipper.

The pair, along with Roy Keane and Jill Scott, took part in a special episode of 'The Overlap' ahead of the first ever Manchester derby FA Cup final at Wembley.

Neville and Keane faced Richards and Scott in a quiz about Manchester derbies in years gone by, with the latter pair forced to put United shirts on as a forfeit.

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The in-depth special saw the quartet discuss Manchester derby memories, as well as put together a combined XI made of the very best players from both sides over the years.

And when the conversation turned to the right-back in the side, Richards came up with a huge, surprise comment that caused Neville to nearly spit out his tea.

"Let's get the elephant out of the room," Richards said.

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"I was a better player than you, come on."

Laughing out loud, Neville described the shout as a "big elephant". Richards, who briefly pushed Neville out of the England team when he "burst onto the scene", stuck to his guns and said he was better than Neville for "about a season".

Image: Alamy
Image: Alamy

But Keane leapt to his long-time teammate's defence and told his pundit pal, "You weren't better than Gary" and that the man he played with was "more of a package".

Richards' argument was that Neville played in a "great team", while "I was playing with Sibierski and David Sommeil" - which prompted Keane to savagely put him down by saying, '"They'd be saying the same about you!".

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In the end, the debate turned to City and England right-back Kyle Walker against Neville in the combined team and it was the current defender who got the nod in the side after much pondering.

Image: Alamy
Image: Alamy

Neville, who memorably gave Richards the Man of the Match award in City's famous 6-1 thrashing of United at Old Trafford, did praise the former Aston Villa skipper and said he would have been perfect in today's game in a back three.

Pep Guardiola recently expressed his skepticism about how both players would fare in his system when it came to coming inside and taking the ball.

Featured Image Credit: The Overlap / Sky Bet

Topics: Micah Richards, Gary Neville, Manchester City, Manchester United

Josh Lawless
Josh Lawless

Josh is a sports journalist who specialises in football and WWE. He has been published by Curzon Ashton FC, Late Tackle, Manchester City FC, The Mirror, Read Man City and Manchester Evening News. He provides coverage of professional wrestling and has covered two WrestleMania events for SPORTbible.

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