Carragher excelling in settled role

“Cut him in half and he will bleed pure red,” gushed Sky’s commentator Ian Darke about Jamie Carragher, before Andy Gray pointed out to him that the same could be said for the rest of us.

We knew what he meant though. In a world where mercenaries rule and money talks, it is refreshing to see someone like Carragher for whom the most important thing is playing his heart out for the club that has been his life.