SKY SPORTS have changed the broadcast time of Monday Night Football to 7.30pm after Jamie Carragher was suspended for spitting at a teenage girl.
The Liverpool legend has been axed from his punditry duties after he was filmed on camera spitting in the face of a 14-year-old girl.
His suspension leaves Gary Neville and special guest Brendan Rodgers to dissect Manchester City’s clash against Stoke at the bet365 Stadium.
MNF usually starts at 7pm, where pundits and guests preview the upcoming fixture, as well as analysing matches from the weekend.
According to the Mirror, the show was to originally go ahead from its usual studio setting in London, but filming will now take place at the ground of the Potters.
Despite over 77 per cent of fans calling for the 40-year-old to be sacked, Neville believes his colleague should keep his role with Sky Sports.
Carragher has has come under intense scrutiny from former footballers, including Vinnie Jones and Joey Barton.
The 1988 FA Cup blasted the ex-England international whilst speaking with talkSPORT, revealing exactly what he would have done to him.
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He said: “It is cowardly. How has the lad driving it not driven after Jamie, rammed him, dragged him out of the car and beat seven?… you know what I mean.
“If someone spat at my daughter sitting in the car, I would have been after them.
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“There is no sitting on the fence here, Jamie is down the road – down the Jobcentre tomorrow.
“Spitting at 14-year-olds through a window? He is presenting on the TV. For Christ’s sake, he is supposed to be one of the top men.
“You can’t condone that whatsoever. It is filth, it is absolute filth.”
The 2005 Champions League winner has been suspended of all Sky Sports activity following the incident, which he described as a “moment of madness”.
He held back the tears while being grilled by a Sky colleague earlier today, as he issued a grovelling apology.
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