Jamie Carragher(credit: Daniel Osborne)
Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher has insisted he is “absolutely fine” after being knocked out during Sunday’s draw with Arsenal.
Carragher was knocked unconscious in a collision with team-mate John Flanagan at the Emirates Stadium and was treated on the field for some time before being stretchered off wearing a neck brace.
However, the 33-year-old was back pitchside following a dramatic finale that saw Robin van Persie put the Gunners ahead eight minutes into added time only for Dirk Kuyt to level with a penalty kick of his own three minutes later.
And Carragher said afterwards: “I can't remember anything. As soon as I came round I was absolutely fine.
“It was a little clash of heads and these things happen in football.
“The main thing was to get the three points.
“I watched their penalty in the dressing room and then saw that we got our own. I was just praying that we scored because to get four points out of six from the last two games is fantastic.
“I went out onto the pitch at the end because I wanted to celebrate with the lads.”
And Carragher had special praise for his team-mates that clinched a point after the Reds lost him, Fabio Aurelio and Andy Carroll to injury during the game.
The Reds finished the game with three teenagers on the pitch – John Flanagan, Jack Robinson and Jonjo Shelvey – and Carragher added: “Some of the players we had out there, because of the injuries we had, still qualify for the youth team so it was a really good team performance.”