Walking out of the tunnel at Anfield was something else. The difference between being there in a United shirt, rather than a West Ham or Spurs one, hit me like a giant wave of noise, insults and hatred. Liverpool fans on all sides were standing up, abusing me, shouting, ‘You Manc Twat’, ‘Carrick, you’re shit’, ‘You Geordie bastard’, which made me smile. Most of it came during the warm-up when it’s quiet and I’d hear shouts, someone trying to get a laugh off his mates by abusing me, harmless really. I’ve had it where the ball’s gone out, and a Liverpool fan throws it back hard at my chest,
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