Former Liverpool star Danny Murphy didn't know his Celtic history as he claimed a punter's point about bigging up the Lisbon Lions was "nonsensical".
It came after the pundit believed Manchester City winning the Treble this season would share joint first place with Sir Alex Ferguson's storied Manchester United side of 1999 who lifted the biggest honours. Murphy – who appeared to be speaking about English sides only – irked one listener north of the border who reckoned he had shown a lack of respect for not bigging up Jock Stein's ultimate side who won a domestic Treble before adding the European Cup by defeating Inter Milan in 1967.
A miffed Murphy, speaking on talkSPORT, he said: "Sorry, not count to what, what did I apparently say?" And then he seized upon the question being read out to him by host Jim White and overlooked the first British team to lift the world's most illustrious club trophy. He added: "He wants me to compare a Treble or a Quadruple in Scotland to winning a Premier League and the Champions League? It's just nonsensical."
Fellow guest Simon Jordan appeared to be led down the garden path as he followed up Murphy's verdict – also discounting the caller's point related to not any Quadruple but, arguably, the most impressive feat in football history with every member of the team born within a 30-mile radius of Celtic Park.
The former Crystal Palace owner opined: "There is nothing anti-Scottish with that sentiment, it is a poor comparison. I mean the quality of the Scottish league to the quality of the English league, or winning a European trophy, I'm not sure they are I think they are talking about winning a Scottish Cup. There's not a comparison. You have to admire in isolation winning a Treble in Scotland but you can't suggest there is an equivalency in it because there is not."
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