Carragher apologises for spitting at Manchester United fan

Sky Sports pundit Jamie Carragher took to Twitter to issue an apology for spitting toward a Manchester United fan and his daughter from the window of his car, after a video emerged of the incident on the Daily Mirror.

The incident comes after Carragher's former side Liverpool lost 2-1 to United on Saturday. The unnamed supporter had yelled the scoreline toward Carragher's vehicle while honking his horn, as seen in the video below:

Carragher took to Twitter to apologise and explained he had already reached out to the family.

Carragher is seen to have unrolled his window to share a few words with the fan, before spitting toward them. The Mirror reports that the fan's 14-year-old daughter was hit, and that Carragher called to apologise.

"I have never been spat at by anyone before. I thought, 'Why has he done that?' I thought I had done ­something wrong," the unnamed girl told the Mirror. "People in school take the mick and it is just a laugh. Someone like him who is older should be able to take a joke."

Carragher explains his side of the situation, as quoted by the Mirror: "It was a bit more than, 'Hiya Jamie, it was 2-1.' It went on for two or three times. I drove away at first and it just continued. I lost my head. I shouldn't have done it but I was thinking what is a grown man doing, carrying on like that two or three times with his daughter in the car?"

A Sky Sports spokesperson added: "It's unacceptable behaviour and we will be addressing it with Jamie."