David James was topic to boos from the Liverpool crowd after he crushed the goals of an 11-year-old at Anfield.
James , 54, was roped in to assist with the half-time leisure between Liverpool and Chelsea , which is sponsored by Customary Chartered. Having been closely criticised for his actions, followers have shortly turned on the previous Liverpool man.
A younger boy tried to twice rating in opposition to the ex-England goalkeeper, however on each events James denied him, supporters shortly turning on a person who made 53 caps for his nation.
David James slammed for his actions, as he crushes the goals of 1 Liverpool fan
David James become a full blown villain at Anfield (Picture credit score: Getty Pictures)
Supporters have blasted James’ actions, particularly given others had been seemingly allowed to attain in opposition to him within the half-time leisure at Anfield on Sunday.
James, who made 572 Premier League appearances – 214 of these coming at Liverpool, was nevertheless in no temper for handouts when it got here to the teen.
David James typically seems as a TV pundit (Picture credit score: Getty Pictures)
“So, half-time Customary Chartered penalty shootout at @LFC, the younger lad has an opportunity to retake his penalty,” wrote James on X , previously often called Twitter, following his double save in entrance of The Kop.
One disgruntled fan shortly responded with some fast wit, writing: “Why did you save this however drop so many and value us the cup closing in 1996 and league in 1997?”
One other supporter added: “Jogs my memory of the time the entire squad signed my shirt exterior Melwood once I was 11 and also you mentioned you couldn’t as a result of your arms had been full and obtained on the bus. Keep stylish fella.”
The hate messages continued for James, with one fan stating: “What a b******. This “life lesson” narrative in right here is nonsense. It’s a pen shootout for a little bit of enjoyable this doesn’t make or break the children’ upbringing. You’ve little doubt left him devastated, upset and embarrassed and that’ll stick with him now.”
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In FourFourTwo’s view , James’ antics are a tad comical, with the footage uploaded on-line clearly exhibiting he didn’t imply to save lots of the second effort, with the ball hitting his legs as he jumped in the other way.
It stays to be seen whether or not the younger lad will get one other probability to attain at Anfield within the subsequent few weeks. However for now, James can sleep at night time understanding he ruined the hopes of 1 teen.
