Jamie Carragher says that he's 'feeling better' after being forced to leave CBS Sports' live Champions League coverage early.
The Liverpool legend began to feel unwell during Wednesday's show. Carragher, 47, had travelled down to London earlier in the day to continue his role as a pundit for the US broadcaster.
Joining Kate Scott, Thierry Henry and Micah Richards on screen, Carragher was present for the start of the show, building up to Wednesday's remaining Champions League round-of-16 ties. But by half-time, the former England international was no longer on the panel.
Presenter Scott announced that Carragher been feeling unwell, so he wasn't able to provide analysis of the clashes between Arsenal and PSV Eindhoven, Aston Villa and Club Brugge, and Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid. While the games were being played, however, Carragher took to social media to issue an update.
"Feeling better now and just checking if the team can cope without me," he posted on his Instagram story alongside a picture of his screen watching CBS.
The 47-year-old had been in good spirts at the start of the programme, having worked pitch-side at Anfield on Tuesday to cover Liverpool's clash with Paris Saint-Germain. Carragher returned to the studio on Wednesday evening and Scott introduced him by saying: "Tonight, just like the story of the prodigal son.
"A bit too big for his boots, he thought that life would be sweeter on the road, he thought he'd be away, enjoying drinking and revelling. But he took a major loss and realised his foolishness and he came home humbled, hoping that he would be accepted. Jamie Carragher, back in the chair."
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The ex-Liverpool centre-back even recalled a hilarious incident on his journey down to London. "I was on the train this morning, obviously a bit disappointed with last night... the Champions League music comes on the train," Carragher began.
"I'm thinking, 'What?,' I haven't heard that before. That comes on, and then the guy starts saying, 'When you get to Euston, if you want directions to Paris'.
"I'm thinking, 'What's he on about here?' and then he did the same when we got there. "So I said to the lad who was the attendant, 'Where's the train driver?' He went, 'Oh he's three [carriages] down,' it was too far to go, we just got into Euston.
"He was an Arsenal fan I found out, so he's putting all that on. So I said to the attendant, 'Just make sure you tell him that Arsenal haven't won anything in 20 years and just make sure you tell him I told you and can you pass on the message please'.
"So the train driver had a bit of fun and hopefully maybe I had a little bit of fun later at his expense if his understudy told him."
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