Jamie Carragher reveals how he managed to avoid sending off for that Nani tackle

Jamie Carragher has revealed how he convinced referee Phil Dowd not to book him for a dangerous tackle on Nani in 2011.

The former Reds defender had been shifted out to right back and he says that Alex Ferguson almost immediately switched Nani to the left flank.

When he noticed this, Carragher says he resolved himself to do whatever it took to ensure that the Portuguese winger didn’t get the chance to run at him.

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CARRA: Not one of my finer moments. It was a bit of a dive from Nani, wasn’t it? I tell you what my best memory of that is…

NEVILLE: Not getting a red card I imagine!

CARRA: Haha. No, not so much the tackle but Wayne Rooney’s reaction. I was on favourable terms with the referee Phil Dowd. I got him on my own, pulled him and said ‘he just beat me with skills’. Everyone is fighting and I got him over like an experienced pro. Then Rooney comes over and says ‘you won’t believe it, he’s crying’.

NEVILLE: Did you seriously go to do him?

CARRA: No, what happened was that someone got injured so I went from centre-back to right-back and as soon as that happened, Alex Ferguson put Nani to the left wing straight away.

So I’m thinking ‘I’m either going to get tight, I’m going to tackle him or I’m going to foul him. There’s no way I’m letting him get the ball and run at me’. So I’ve got there and the ball did jump up at me, I went for it and it just disappeared so I caught him on the shin.

NEVILLE: Did you think it was a red card at the time?

CARRA: Oh yeah. I’ve seen the reaction of all the players but like I said, I got Phil Dowd on his own, had a word with him and we came to some sort of a deal.

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