Watch: Roy Keane and Jamie Carragher involved in heated row on Sky Sports
Roy Keane and Jamie Carragher were involved in a heated row on Sky Sports over Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's reign in charge of Manchester United
The Red Devils slumped to a 2-0 defeat at Anfield on Sunday as Liverpool stormed 16 points clear at the top and 30 ahead of their fierce rivals.
Solskjaer's side are now fifth in the table and five points behind Chelsea in the race for a top four sport, sparking more debate as to whether he is the right man to lead the club back to former glories.
Following the match, Liverpool legend Carragher questioned if the Norwegian is being given too much time at the helm but Keane leapt to his defence in an astonishing debate.
Before the above clip begins, the former United captain had made the case that Pep Guardiola was given time to prove himself as the 'best manager in the world' despite only finishing in the Champions League places in his first season.
Carragher responded by saying Manchester United spent the most money in the summer transfer window, to which Keane replied: "I’ll make the point, the recruitment wasn’t up to it. That can’t be down to Ole, who’s bringing in the players? Your guess is as good as mine.
"Who was bringing in the players when David Moyes was there? Who was bringing in the players when Van Gaal was there? I don’t know the structure of the club but that’s not working. Recruitment can always be hit and miss but they’re getting far too many wrong."
Here's a transcript of how the debate continued...
Carragher said: "When you’re talking about Man United…"
Keane: "The season hasn’t finished. Give them the benefit of the doubt, fourth place is still available and they could win the FA Cup!
Carragher: "Manchester United are one of the biggest clubs in the world, would Bayern Munich or Real Madrid put up with what’s going on at United now?”
Keane: "We’re all sitting here saying praising Liverpool, but if they’re the answers, what were Liverpool for the last 30 years?
"Who was making the decisions here then? They’ve had some brilliant players, it didn’t happen. They were chopping and changing coaches but now Jurgen Klopp is here. It takes a year or two, I came to watch Liverpool are a year or two ago, honestly they were shocking to watch. They were beaten in the FA Cup by Wolves.
"I was thinking Klopp, he’s got a big job on his hands, they’ve got it right with the right recruitment and support. To suggest that Liverpool have all the answers and United are amateurs is completely wrong.”
Keane: “What about the previous managers, are you saying they are all bad managers?"
Carragher: “Manchester United, do you think they’ve done good jobs? You slaughtered Mourinho when he was in the job.”
Keane: “He needed more time.”
Carragher: “He needed more time? You think he need more time?”
Keane: “Absolutely, that’s the name of the game. To question Ole and says he’s not up to it, for some reason other managers go to other clubs and are given the benefit of the doubt.”
Carragher: “Their CV probably gives them the benefit of the doubt.”
Keane: “Frank Lampard is at Chelsea and I saw them last night…”
Carragher: “He’s been in the job six months.”
Keane: “And I’d say the same thing, give him time. Give Ole time, how long has Ole been in the job?”
Carragher: “What is it, 18 months?”
Keane: “Has it been that long? 18 months? Can we find out how long he’s been in the job?”
“16 months? Give the man a chance. Chelsea last night, decent team, couldn’t get the job done. Lampard has lost eight games, but he has all the answers for Chelsea? He hasn’t but give the man time.
“Ole and all this carry on, give him the time. And previous managers before Ole, are you telling me that they didn’t know what the game was about Jamie?”
Carragher: “Tell me what the problem is!”
Keane: “David Moyes was given a six-year contract, Sir Alex Ferguson on the pitch saying get behind the manager, back him, give him a bit more time, not eight months and I wouldn’t have sacked him on Twitter.”
Carragher: “Okay well how long would you give Ole?”
Keane: "Certainly another year."