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Aidan O’Shea was not the only Liverpool fan to disagree with Martin Keown’s take on Joel Matip

Published 13:44 11 Feb 2017 GMT

Patrick McCarry
Aidan O’Shea was not the only Liverpool fan to disagree with Martin Keown’s take on Joel Matip

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Here comes the backlash.

Joel Matip has made a decent impression since arriving at Liverpool but he has been part of a back four that has struggled in recent weeks. Still, that does not excuse Martin Keown from his latest claim on BBC's Football Focus. The former Arsenal and England defender was discussing Liverpool's malaise since the turn of the year when he said Matip was 'no better than Martin Skrtel'. Skrtel left Liverpool last year after being ostracised from the senior squad. When he finally left, for Fenerbache, there were few Liverpool supporters lining up to lament his loss. Needless to say, the Skrtel > Matip comments did not go down too well. Our very own chief football writer Tony Barrett was not the only one to question Keown's logic. https://twitter.com/TonyBarrett/status/830395338406117378 Mayo GAA star Aidan O'Shea was equally incredulous. https://twitter.com/AIDOXI/status/830397906792374273 The pair were not the only two scratching their heads at Keown's comments: https://twitter.com/aaron_cutler/status/830405906613559301 https://twitter.com/DannyRobsonLFC/status/830396652066373632 https://twitter.com/DyerThomas/status/830402338426847232 https://twitter.com/ColumbianBuck/status/830405566900162560 It certainly has been a while since someone has agreed with Keown... https://twitter.com/StuBrennanMEN/status/808656197003964416

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Aidan O'Shea was not the only Liverpool fan to disagree with Martin Keown's take on Joel Matip