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Jamie Carragher admits Charlie Adam would wind him up at Liverpool by attempting long-range efforts

Stoke City's Scottish midfielder Charlie Adam vies with Gary Cahill during the Premier League football match between Chelsea and Stoke n
Image: Charlie Adam scored one of the goals of the season for Stoke at Chelsea

Charlie Adam would attempt a long-range effort "two or three times a game" during his time at Liverpool, Jamie Carragher said on Monday Night Football.

Adam scored from 64 yards for Stoke on Saturday against Chelsea, a goal that has been described as one of the best in Premier League history.

But having played with Adam in the 2011/12 season, Sky Sports pundit Carragher jokingly admitted the Scot's attempts would wind him and his team-mates up.

While analysing Adam's effort at Stamford Bridge, Carragher said: "He tried this two or three times a game. He must have tried this two or three-hundred times in his career.

Jamie Carragher on Charlie Adam's past attempts at scoring from long range
Image: Jamie Carragher went through Adam's past attempts at scoring from long range

"Sorry Charlie, it's about time you got one of them. He's tried that many times."

Carragher looked at two examples of long-range attempts from Adam, one at Arsenal and another at Stoke City, both falling wide of the target.

The former Liverpool defender said: "Look where the goalkeeper is, he's hardly off his line and he's still trying! Before it's even got there, these two [Luis Suarez and Andy Carroll] are not even trying to follow it in!

"I'm actually looking at the bench and saying: 'Are you not going to take this fella off?'

"Listen, it is a brilliant goal, well done to him, but it used to wind me up!"

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