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Neville denies Karius criticism was bullying

Most of the Liverpool fans have always hated former Manchester United man Gary Neville, they can't seem to understand why i is that he is coming after Liverpool goalkeeper Loris Karius if he barely knows anything about him. People even believes that Gary Neville is actually being a bully towards Karius, to these claims the former England international has received backlash and decided to respond by addressing this topic on Sky Sunday Supplement. 

He said: "When Karius did his newspaper interview, I knew he would be out of the team in a few days, I knew he brought pressure on himself. Young players should always do interviews and me saying, 'stay clear of the situation' – my advice to Karius after doing the interview he did – and [BBC pundit] Phil Neville and Jamie Carragher telling him to stay quiet, as ex-players, we were more guiding him saying, 'this is not a fight for now.' From our point of view as pundits, though, we did our job - we created the debate."

About being accused of being a bully, Neville said: "From my point of view, calling it bullying young players is absolutely ridiculous. I was critical of David de Gea a few years ago and he's gone on to prove me wrong through silence and good performances. There was nothing personal against Karius, it was an observation. At the time, the statement 'he transmits anxiety to his team-mates and around the stadium' was correct. From my point of view there was fuel added to the fire and the story grew, it could have been forgotten about like [comments about errors from Maarten] Stekelenburg and [Marouane] Fellaini.

"The 'shut your gob' comment [Karius was urged to keep his "mouth shut"] does not mean young players like Karius shouldn't do interviews. Of course they should do interviews, players should do interviews all the time. What I should say is that, from coach to player, it wasn't a fight for now. Save it for the end of the season when you've got the Premier League title around your neck. Don't take this on now because there is going to be more pressure on you that you don't actually need.

"Young players are distracted by headlines, fact. I never once thought it was a good idea to take on a journalist or a pundit in public. Does it make you play better? Does it put more pressure on your teammates? I think it would have done, so my thought on it was simple. It was a story that mushroomed out of nothing and it didn't need to."

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