Jamie Carragher comes under attack from Sky Sports predecessor Richard Keys, who mocks how he ‘knows about playing in teams that were never going to win the title with him in’, after Aaron Ramsdale’s dad called him ‘a disgrace’

• Aaron Ramsdale was blasted for celebrating a save by team-mate David Raya 
• Richard Keys jumped to the Arsenal star’s defence and hit back at Carragher 
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Former Sky Sports presenter Richard Keys has hit back at Jamie Carragher following his comments about Aaron Ramsdale during the north London derby on Sunday. 

Ramsdale was an unused substitute during the Gunners’ 2-2 draw with rivals Tottenham, with summer signing David Raya being preferred to the England international. 

And, despite the fact he may be losing out on his No.1 spot at the Emirates, Ramsdale showed a heap of support for his team-mate during the tense North London Derby.

One instance of that came after a brilliant stop from Raya in the first-half was met by clapping and smiling from benched star Ramsdale. 

During post-match analysis, on Sky, Carragher said: ‘I thought it was like the Oscars, you know when someone loses the Oscar and they start clapping and smiling for the other person. I was laughing when I saw that. He’s absolutely devastated with that really.’ 

Aaron Ramsdale has been criticised for a theatrical reaction to a save from team-mate David Raya during Arsenal’s 2-2 draw with Tottenham on Sunday

Sky Sports pundit Jamie Carragher (L) blasted Ramsdale for the incident, but now Richard Keys (R) has fired back in defence for the out-of-favour Gunners star

Keys took to his blog to voice concerns with Carragher’s comments from Sunday afternoon

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Later that evening, Nick Ramsdale replied to a Tweet about Carragher’s comments and said: ‘You are a Disgrace!! Show some class!! My lad has’.

And now, ex-Sky Sports presenter Keys has weighed in on the situation and praised Ramsdale’s father for his rebuttal to the ex-Liverpool star.

Writing in his blog, I was interested to see Aaron Ramsdale’s dad leap to his son’s defence by lambasting Jamie Carragher for his comments during the derby game. Good on him. I feel for Ramsdale. He’s a terrific ‘keeper and made of the right stuff, which is why he’ll turn up elsewhere and go on to have a very good career.

‘I didn’t agree with Carragher’s midweek assessment that Arsenal would never win the title with Ramsdale in goal. When I saw that my initial reaction was ‘nonsense’, because they were a whisker away from doing so last season. 

‘But then I realised that Carragher played in a team that was never going to win the title with him in it, so he probably knows more about the subject than me’.

Prior to the game, Arsenal boss Arteta explained his decision to drop Ramsdale to the bench was due to how the Gunners wanted ‘to play on the day’.

‘It’s trying to play the way we want to play on the day. I made some calls and left some players on the bench,’ the Arsenal manager said on Sky Sports. 

Ramsdale was seen clapping with his hands aloft after a save from team-mate David Raya

The two Gunners keepers have been battling it out for the top spot in north London

Amid the debates, Ramsdale spoke out – via his Instagram story – for the first time since the game, after sharing previous pictures celebrating his team-mates’ successes on Tuesday.

The first image that he shared was from his days at Bournemouth and it showcased the keeper celebrating a penalty shootout victory where Cherries team-mate Mark Travers shone in goal. 

The caption for the post, which was initially shared in August 2019, read: ‘@marktravers1 (clapping hands emoji) through to the next round. Well in big man’.

The second image showed Ramsdale enjoying the celebrations after Reiss Nelson’s last-minute winner against Bournemouth in March. 

Nelson came on as a substitute to score the winning in their 3-2 win over the Cherries and sent the Arsenal players and fans into jubilation.

Ramsdale captioned the original post: ‘Limbs! Enjoy life’.

The Arsenal keeper shared two pictures from his page that showed his previous support

The 25-year-old has made 83 appearances in all competitions since joing the Gunners in 2021

Despite the debate over the starting goalkeeper, Raya was helpless to prevent Tottenham from scoring two on the day and earning a point in the derby. 

The hosts opened the scoring through a deflected Bukayo Saka strike before Spurs captain Son Heung-Min levelled the scoring just before the break. 

The Gunners restored their lead shortly after half-time, when a Cristian Romero hand-ball saw the hosts earn a penalty and Saka convert his second of the game. 

But the visitors fired back just one minute later after James Maddison picked the pocket of Jorginho to set up Son for his second of the match. 

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