Jamie Carragher admits Liverpool made a mistake by wearing t-shirts in support of Luis Suarez after he was charged with racially abusing Patrice Evra in 2011.
Uruguay international Suarez was given an eight-match ban after the charge by the Football Association for using "insulting words" towards the former Manchester United defender.
The ban was temporarily suspended following an appeal and a day later Suarez and his Liverpool team-mates warmed up for a goalless draw at Wigan by taking to the field wearing 'Suarez 7' shirts.
Speaking as a pundit on Sky Sports on Monday night Carragher apologised to studio guest Evra and admitted that Liverpool had "got it massively wrong".
"There is no doubt we made a massive mistake; that was obvious," Carragher told Sky Sports.
"We got to the ground, had our lunch and then had a team meeting - I don't know if it was the manager [Kenny Dalglish] or [coach] Steve Clarke - asking one of the players if he was still wearing the shirt, and that is the first I had heard of it.
"I am not lying and saying I wasn't part of it because as the club we got it wrong, and I was vice-captain.
"I am not sure who was actually behind it.
"I don't think it had anything to do with the manager Kenny; I think it was the players who were close to Luis in the dressing room, who really wanted to support their mate.
"Maybe I have to look at myself now and say I did not have the courage as an individual to say 'I am not wearing it'.
"I don't think everyone within Liverpool Football Club thought what we were doing was right but I do think as a football club, or you as a family, your first reaction is to support them even if you know that they are wrong, and that is wrong."
