Legendary Man United star got into a car accident on his way to Old Trafford
Saturday's Premier League opener at noon saw Manchester United beat Everton with relative ease, despite a former club legend barely making it to the pitch.
The huge capacity of 74,310 per Old Trafford Statista ensures the roads in and around Manchester are always packed on match day.
Undoubtedly, being a Bank Easter match has increased the number of people moving in the city, and starting earlier than usual will almost certainly cause a large amount of traffic. people rushed to the ground in time.
A club legend goes there, Captain Marvel himself, Bryan Robson, was involved in a car crash reported by The Sun.
The report showed that the trunk and bumper of his Mercedes S350d were damaged, but fortunately he was able to escape the collision. Not only that, but he seemed to have arrived at the match on time.
He will certainly be delighted to see his former club find aces against a stubborn Everton fighting for their life in the Premier League.
The Toffees took a slim lead, but the Reds struggled to break them, largely due to the superb reaction of England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford.
In the end, two goals from Scott McTominay and Anthony Martial were enough to help Erik ten Hag's army continue the race to qualify for the Champions League.
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Jamie Carragher HAMMERED by Sky pundits for slip against Thierry Henry
'I don't know if you were dancing or twisting':
Jamie Carragher hammered for sorry defending against Thierry Henry at Highbury in 2004 by Micah Richards and Roy Keane ahead of Arsenal's clash with Liverpool
The pundits gave Carragher stick for his sloppy defending against Thierry Henry
The former Liverpool defender was on the end of a 4-2 hammering at Highbury
Henry was 'the greatest to have played in the Premier League' says Carragher
Jamie Carragher was the butt of the jokes in the build-up to Liverpool v Arsenal as the Sky Sports punditry team highlighted his defensive errors against Thierry Henry in a game at Highbury in 2004.
Micah Richards led the analysis segment in the build-up to Easter Sunday's blockbuster fixture and questioned Carragher's body position when marking the former Invincible.
Richards hinted at a slight sense of hypocrisy from Carragher as he claimed the Liverpudlian is 'always talking about body positions.'
The clip showed Henry as he dazzled his way through half of the Liverpool outfielders before calmly dispatching the ball into the far corner of the net.
Carragher was highlighted on-screen before replays showed him tripping over his feet, wiping out Igor Biscan in the process, as Henry glided past them both with ease.
Micah Richards questioned Jamie Carragher over his defending against Thierry Henry in 2004
The panelists were left laughing at Carragher's sorry attempt at stopping Henry from scoring
Henry scored a hat-trick against Liverpool and Carragher in the 4-2 victory at Highbury
Speaking during Sky's coverage of this afternoon'd Premier League games, Richards said:
'Talking about defining moments, Thierry Henry's second goal in that game [against Arsenal] that we've just seen, can we have a bit of a closer look please. "Jamie always talks about body positions and I just want to look at your body position here."
Clips of Henry's second goal in that game in 2004 then began to play, sending an uproar across the hall and even causing Roy Keane to have a rare smile on his face.
Richards continued: I don't know if you're jumping or twisting, you're twisting this, twisting the other and knocking Biscan out of the game.
Carragher objected:
My only defense was against the greatest player to ever play in the Premier League, that was my only defense.
"Without security, Didi Hamann sprawled out, I mean Biscan whipped me - what do you want me to do?"
Host David Jones then urged Keane to weigh in on the matter, who was also unimpressed with Carragher's defensive state.
'Did you just come back from injury Jamie? It was shocking, he said.
Henry scored a hat-trick as Arsenal scored a 4-2 win over Arsenal on this day 19 years ago, giving the Gunners a famous Invincibles season.
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