Gary Neville has admitted he regrets calling Chelsea "billion dollar bottle jobs" after their loss in the Carabao Cup final.

The Blues were beaten 12 months ago by Liverpool at Wembley as Jurgen Klopp claimed what would turn out to be his final trophy at Reds' boss.

On that afternoon in late February Chelsea and Liverpool went to extra-time as the west Londoners boasted British-record transfers in their starting XI, but the likes of Cole Palmer, Enzo Fernandez, Moises Caicedo and Raheem Sterling couldn't guide them to victory.

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Instead it was Virgil van Dijk's header that won the game as Liverpool ended with the likes of Conor Bradley, James McConnell, Bobby Clark and Jayden Danns in the starting XI.

It's a cheap shot really(

It's that line of humour meets cheap shot."

Neville considered backtracking on his comment, but was then frustrated by the admission from the Chelsea camp that they were trying to get to penalties, ultimately falling two minutes short.

Neville added: "I was actually going to do a roll back on my podcast, the day after, and say that I shouldn't have probably used that word 'bottle,' but when I heard that Mauricio thought the team were playing for penalties, I thought that it was the epitome of freezing."

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It's a cheap shot really.

It's that line of humour meets cheap shot."

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