Carragher vs Arbeloa

You would think that infighting among footballers on the field is something likely to occur among players of a team losing a match and on their way to Championship football. You'd think.

Instead, during WBA's do-or-die fixture against Liverpool, it was Reds vice-captain, Jamie Carragher who blew a fuse on the pitch at teammate Alvaro Arbeloa after some real shoddy defending by the Spaniard. And this occured despite the fact that:

a) the Reds were 2-0 up
b) Man Utd had already won the Premiership
c) WBA was 20 mins away from being relegated
d) there are no extra points for clean sheets

In Carragher's defense, Arbeloa has made one too many mistakes this season at the back and was probably deserving of a good lashing. But at the same time, such a display, which nearly got physical, is unbecoming of a club that wants to become English champions. Passion is one thing but getting carried away and becoming violent with a teammate on the field (it took three Liverpool players to separate the the two) is not going to solve anything. Instead, as demonstrated in the match, Arbeloa's performance was worse after the tiff with Carragher.