Micah Richards was caught off guard as Kate Abdo mocked his lack of Champions League success during CBS' coverage of the competition in the United States on Tuesday night.
The former Manchester City star was offering his insight on the European action alongside fellow regulars Thierry Henry and Jamie Carragher. Abdo, previously a presenter on Sky Sports, was hosting the programme with Liverpool and Tottenham both in action.
As they began the show Abdo introduced her guests and said: "[I'm] Joined by the Champions League winner with Barcelona Thierry Henry, Champions League winner with Liverpool Jamie Carragher and the man with five appearances in the Champions League Micah Richards."
Richards was clearly not expecting the brutal jibe but, typically, saw the lighter side of things, and responded: "That's cold blooded that is, Kate."
She then went on and asked him if he knew what his record was in the Champions League with the former City man confessing "it wasn't great". The former England international won two and lost three of his five Champions League games.
Richards did defend himself by saying: "We were a new team coming towards it. Look where we are now. We were building the foundations." He also added on his win-loss record: "We played some big teams in there, Bayern and that, but I don't want to talk about it."
Richards made his Champions League debut in the Allianz Arena as City lost 2-0 to Bayern back in 2011. His time competing in Europe's top club competition would come to an end when he left his boyhood club permanently in 2015, heading to Aston Villa after a loan spell at Fiorentina, having struggled to establish himself as first-choice at the Etihad, which he now regrets.
He previously told Kickback : "I have regrets because I should have stayed at Manchester City. At the same time, if you aren't going to play, what's the point? If I hadn't won a Premier League or any silverware, I probably would have signed a deal until I won something.
"Zabaleta was clearly first-choice so I had to leave. It hurt me and it hurts me now talking about it. I got offered a five-year deal to stay. The club had an English quota and I genuinely believe that Pellegrini wanted to keep me just for the quota and use me when Zabaleta wanted a rest.
"Zabaleta cemented himself as number one which was hard to take. I had to leave, so that's my biggest regret, but I had to do it."
