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Samuel Meade

Gary Neville slams 'incompetent' Boris Johnson with ruthless Jamie Carragher comparison

Gary Neville has claimed Boris Johnson has scored more own goals in his career than Sky Sports colleague Jamie Carragher.

The former Manchester United star has been vocal in his criticism of the prime minister and his handling of the pandemic.

He started a poll on Twitter, asking whether the Conservative Party leader is "incompetent".

Neville was quizzed on whether himself and Carragher were the alternatives to lead the country.

To which he replied: "Boris has scored more own goals than even @Carra23 in a far shorter career!"

During Carragher's 17-year career at Liverpool he put through his own net on seven occasions.

The retired Reds centre-half only managed to score three times at the right end meaning he was far more prolific at scoring own goals.

He holds the unwanted record of having scored the most own goals in a game, netting two against bitter rivals United in a defeat in 1999.

Neville was particularly critical of Johnson's stance when it came to England players taking the knee.

He initially refused to condemn fans who booed players taking the knee amid suggestions the move was politically motivated before taking aim at those who racially abused England stars after the Euro 2020 final.

Jamie Carragher scored two own goals in a single game in 1999 (GETTY)

Neville took issue with his u-turn, telling Sky News: “I’m just reading your breaking news, it says ‘the PM condemns racist abuse against England players’.

“Is that the same Prime Minister that a few weeks ago, I mean… Gareth Southgate and the players a few weeks ago about five days on the trot told us that they were taking the knee to promote equality, and it was against racism.

“The Prime Minister said that it was okay for the population of this country to boo those players who were trying to promote equality, and defend against racism.

“It starts at the very top and so for me, I wasn’t surprised in the slightest that I woke up this morning to those headlines.

“I expected that the minute the three players that missed miss. The fact of the matter is there is an issue obviously in football there is an issue in society where we feel it’s acceptable basically to criticise players for sporting actions because of the colour of their skin.”

MPs will vote later on whether to raise National Insurance to fund health and social care.

The prime minister says it will raise £12bn a year which will be used to tackle the health backlog caused by the Covid pandemic and boost social care, describing the move as "reasonable and fair".

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