Gary Neville defends Jamie Carragher after he is suspended from Sky for spitting at family in car

Gary Neville has defended Sky Sports colleague Jamie Carragher
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Gary Neville has defended Jamie Carragher and said spitting at a family in their car “should not stop us working together”.

The Manchester United star, a fellow Sky Sports pundit, said the former Liverpool defender had “overstepped the mark” and there were "no excuses".

However he added that he believed the incident was “isolated”.

Carragher has been suspended from his duties as a Sky football analyst after video emerged of him firing a volley of spit at an adjacent car as he drove alongside it.

Neville wrote on Twitter: “I’ve just watched Carra23 say sorry. No excuses he’s made a big mistake.

“He’s massively passionate about football and he’s overstepped the mark and shouldn’t have reacted.

“I’ve been on TV for 3 years with him and imo this isolated incident shouldn’t stop us working together.”

Carragher was being hounded by a motorist after Liverpool lost 2-1 to Manchester United on the weekend when he says he "lost it".

The driver claims Carragher's spit hit his the 14-year-old daughter.

The former England footballer today issued a grovelling apology on TV saying there was "no excuse" for his behaviour, adding spitting is for "the lowest of the low".

Sky announced it had suspended him from his pundit role in a statement on Monday afternoon.

It said in a tweet: "Sky says it has suspended Jamie Carragher from his duties as a football analyst after he was filmed spitting at a family in their car following Liverpool's defeat to Manchester United on Saturday.

It added his actions were "well below the standards we expect of our people.”

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