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The Liverpool icon, Robbie Fowler, has criticized Gary Neville for making a controversial claim on his career in Anfield.
Neville had said that the fact that Fowler remained in Liverpool prevented him from becoming England's best scorer, and that he would have achieved status if he had joined him in Manchester United.
Speaking at Sky Sports Show the overlap on tour last year, Neville said: 'Can I make a controversial statement?
'It may not even be controversial. Robbie Fowler could have been England's best scorer if he had not grown in that Liverpool team. Then, if it had been part of the '92 class, in United '.
However, Thursday Alignment Show, Fowler finally responded to Neville's claim.
“I mean, that is disrespectful,” said the Liverpool icon after Jim White read the appointments aloud.
The Liverpool Robbie Fowler icon has responded to the controversial statement of Gary Neville, qualifying it as “disrespectful”
The United man's legend said Fowler's Liverpool career negatively impacted his scoring success
Fowler scored 183 goals during his career in Liverpool and is the seventh highest scorer of the club of all time
'In fact, we were probably close to matching Manchester United. Certainly, when I think of perhaps '96, that year we were bright, and possibly we were better than Man United.
“We were probably inconsistent against the so -called weakest teams, Manchester United used them to beat them, while perhaps we struggled to win those games.”
Fowler enjoyed an excellent race in Liverpool when he won five trophies, including the UEFA Cup, the UEFA Super Cup, the FA Cup and two league glasses.
The former striker scored 183 goals and delivered 50 assists in 369 games in the red shirt, but never raised the Premier League or Champions League.
He did not coincide with the heights of his career in the club with England, since he only scored seven goals in 26 games.
Jamie Carragher also responded to the controversial statement of Neville last year: 'The '92 class never went to have a drink. Oh my God! We went to Italy and prayed, 'he joked.
'We went for a walk. The '92 class won because you had Peter Schmeichel, Cantona and Roy Keane. It had nothing to do with you. Honest with God!