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Carragher plays down spat

18 May 2009 - 08:05:17

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Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher has played down his on-field spat with team-mate Alvaro Arbeloa during Sunday's 2-0 win at West Brom.

Rafa Benitez's side were already two goals ahead as the match entered its closing stages when the two players became involved in a heated exchange after Carragher had been forced to block Marc-Antoine Fortune's close-range shot.

Afterwards, Carragher told the club's official website: "We can't win the league now but there are a number of targets we can aim for.

"We want to keep a clean sheet and we want Pepe (Reina) to have a chance of the Golden Glove for the third season running.

"Pepe is one behind (Edwin) Van der Sar now and there's a chance Van der Sar won't play next week, so we wanted to make sure he got a clean sheet today.

"To be honest we were a bit lackadaisical in our defending all through the game and they had too many chances.

"Maybe we took it a bit too easy and let them attack us too much, but that was one of the toughest games I've played in all season.

"We go all over Europe playing top teams and we play against the best sides in this country, but that was one of the hardest games we've had."