Salah And Carragher’s Take A Dig At Man Utd After Rivals Lose Europ League Final – News18

Last Updated:May 22, 2025, 11:28 IST

Mohamed Salah congratulated Tottenham on winning the Europa League, ending their 17-year trophy drought. Spurs beat Manchester United 1-0 in the final.

Liverpool star Mohamed Salah has congratulated Tottenham Hotspur on winning the Europa League. The Spurs narrowly beat Manchester United in a thrilling final in Bilbao on the back of a solitary goal by Brennan Johnson. Coach Ange Postecoglou must be delighted to cap off a difficult phase with the continental title. It also ended Tottenham’s17-year-long trophy drought. Postecoglou, who joined the North London-based club in June 2023,earlier said thathe would win something in his second season, as it has become a trend in his managerial career.

Salah highlighted the same after the Australian had fulfilled his promise, guiding Tottenham to silverware in his 100th game in charge and earning Champions League qualification for the next season.“He did say he’d win in his second season. Congratulations!” the Egyptian winger shared on X (formerly Twitter).

Another Liverpool legend, Jamie Carragher, who was covering the Europa League final as part of CBS Sport,aimed a digat Manchester United set to wrap up the 2024-25 campaign without a trophy.

The footballer-turned-pundit wrote on X, “Lads, it’s Man United,” referring to a famous quote by former United boss Sir Alex Ferguson, who once used the phrase“Lads, it’s Tottenham “to motivate his team. It was Roy Keane who once publicly spoke about the incident.

“I thought I knew what the group might need, that we didn’t need a big team talk. It was Tottenham at home. I thought, please don’t go on about Tottenham, we all know what Tottenham is about, they are nice and tidy, but we’ll do them. He came in and said:‘Lads, it’s Tottenham’, and that was it. Brilliant,” the ex-United captain recalled.

Rio Ferdinand labelled it as a “disaster of a season” for the Red Devils,“ ending on a bad note”.“But I don’t think Man Utd did enough to deserve it. There was no real cutting edge in the Man Utd team. All that sustained pressure, the goalkeeper [Guglielmo Vicario] made one save in the whole game – you can’t expect to win a trophy when you’re a bit reserved, “the former United defender explained.

Ruben Amorim’s men have yet to play one more game in the Premier League. They will host Aston Villa next Sunday, and a win in the home game could let United finish the season at least in the top 15.

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