Liverpool -icon Robbie Fowler closed Gary Neville to make a controversial claim about his career in Anfield.
Neville had said that the fact that Fowler remained in Liverpool that he became the biggest goal scorer ever in England, and that he would have reached the status if he had joined him with Manchester United.
At Sky Sports, the overlap on tour shows last year, Neville said: 'Can I make a controversial statement?
“It may not even be controversial. Robbie Fowler could have been the biggest goal scorer ever in England if he had not grew up in that Liverpool team. So if he were part of the class of '92, at United. '
On the line -up show on Thursday, however, Fowler finally responded to Neville's claim.
“I mean, that's disrespectful,” said the Liverpool icon after Jim White read the quotes aloud.
'In fact, we were probably close to the matching Manchester United. Certainly when I think of perhaps '96, we were brilliant and possibly better than Man United that year.
“We were probably inconsistent against the so -called weaker teams, Manchester United beat them while we might have trouble winning those games.”
Fowler enjoyed an excellent career in Liverpool when he won five trophies, including the UEFA Cup, the UEFA Super Cup, the FA Cup and two competition cups.
The former striker scored 183 goals and delivered 50 assists in 369 games in the shirt of the Reds, but never lifted the Premier League of Champions League.
He did not match the heights of his club career at England, because he only scored seven goals in 26 games.
Jamie Carragher also hit back on Neville's controversial statement last year: 'The class of '92 never went for a drink. Oh my God! We went to Italy and prayed, “he joked.
“We went for a walk. The class of '92 won because you had Peter Schmeichel, Cantona and Roy Keane. It had nothing to do with you. Honestly against God! '
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