Roy Keane and Graeme Souness clashed live on Sky Sports over whether runaway Premier League leaders Liverpool can yet be considered a "great" team.
Jurgen Klopp's side are on the verge of their first league title in over 30 years having already won the Champions League last term.
That success followed narrowly losing out domestically to Manchester City, despite amassing 97 points.
Keane is adamant Liverpool can't be considered one of football's truly outstanding sides until they've added multiple league crowns to their haul.
Souness, however, pointed to their consistency over the past 12 months, and the fact their near-century of points in 2018/19 would have delivered the title in most other seasons.
But former Manchester United captain Keane was having none of it.
He said: "This team have been brilliant in Europe over the past few years and everyone's getting carried away with them.
"But this will be their first league title. You've got to win a few titles."
Souness reiterated his belief Klopp's men are knocking on the door of becoming one of the truly all-time great teams.
He replied: "When you look at their consistency last year, second last year. They would have won the league normally in any other year.
"Losing the European Cup Final to bad goalkeeping, then they end up winning it (the next year).
"They're close to being called a great team."
But a visibly exasperated Keane wasn't for backing down.
He added: "Close, yeah, but you said they finished second. Second's no good to anybody.
"It doesn't matter how many points you get if you finish second - do me a favour!
"What do you get for second, a pat on the back?"
