Another weekend of Premier League fixtures has come and gone, and yet Jamie Carragher is still commentating and analysing Liverpool games.
His unfiltered bias trickles into everything and calls into question whether ex-players should be allowed to commentate on games or be balanced by a pundit from the opposing team.
Rant Sport writer Joe Jones talks us through the dramatic draw with Tottenham at Anfield and Carragher’s favouritism to the Reds.
Try to be neutral
It’s 2026, and I still can’t believe the abhorrent bias commentators show when speaking about their former teams.
I like Carragher and Gary Neville when they commentate on teams other than Liverpool and Manchester United, as they provide unbelievable insight and pick apart the game so well.
However, Sunday evening’s kick-off yet again highlighted the need for regulation on former players narrating their own teams’ performances.
In my humble opinion, they should always strive to remain neutral, in spite of their allegiances.
The retired defender lambasted Liverpool’s opposition on Sunday, citing them as a terrible team and saying: “No disrespect to Tottenham, but they are the worst team in the Premier League now, probably for the last couple of months.”
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Downtrodden Tottenham
The ex-Liverpool captain framed Spurs’ domination in the second half as “nothing of significance”. His focus was clearly on describing how poor Liverpool had been, rather than praising the resilience shown by a downtrodden Tottenham.
Another piece of commentary that sticks out from Sunday night was when Carragher said that Liverpool have “actually made Tottenham look like a decent team”.
This frames Liverpool as the only significant club in the match and downplays Spurs’ quality and determination to fight for the draw. By criticising Liverpool without even praising Tottenham, his biased perspective on the game is blatantly obvious.
A contentious penalty decision was the topic of conversation on X following the game, where ex-Everton forward Richarlison was dragged back by Virgil van Dijk. Of course, Carragher chose to heap praise on the defender and credit him with being smart with the shoulder pull.
Lauding the exact same type of defending that saw Maxence Lacroix sent off against Manchester United just a few weeks prior.
Significant setback
Carragher framed the late equaliser as a significant setback for Liverpool’s ambitions in the race for Champions League football. He described the dropped points as damaging in the context of the league race.
This, instead of focusing on the massive point gained for Spurs in their bid to survive relegation.
These examples prove that the punditry largely interpreted the draw as a reflection of Liverpool’s shortcomings rather than Tottenham’s execution.
Overall, Carragher’s analysis combined legitimate tactical criticism with a Liverpool-centric narrative, illustrating how punditry often abandons objective observation in favour of club-focused storytelling.
What we should do about this, I’m not exactly sure. But something needs to change.
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