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Jamie Carragher has responded to claims from Luis Garcia that the Liverpool legend's constant berating left him need of a sports psychologist.

The Spaniard played alongside Carragher for three years and won the Champions League and FA Cup with Liverpool before leaving for Atletico Madrid in the summer of 2007.

Carragher's vocal approach to defending is the stuff of legend, and the centre-back could be heard regularly shouting instructions to teammates throughout his 737-game career at Liverpool.

And speaking to October's FourFourTwo magazine, Garcia revealed how Carragher's voice forced him to eventually seek professional help .

"Carra would give me a lot of instruction out on the pitch,” said Garcia.

"I used to mutter 'f**k off' under my breath when he yelled at me!

"Actually, I had to work with a sports psychologist to help me focus while I was at Liverpool and one of the things we worked on was trying to block out Carragher's voice!"

However, Carragher has since hit back on Twitter, joking that Garcia's failure to hold on to possession was the reason behind the on-field nagging.

The legendary former Reds centre-back tweeted: "I hope he said 'Well stop losing the f*****g ball Luis & you'll be fine!'".

After seeing the reply, Garcia himself offered a retort himself.

He added: "'Lucho...Carra is right, lad!! but , he losses as many balls as you, so...' That's what he said".

The pair were instrumental in helping Rafa Benitez's men to the 2005 Champions League triumph in Istanbul.

It was Garcia's famous 'Ghost Goal' that edged out Chelsea at Anfield in the semi-final back in April 2005, and both started for Benitez's Reds in their famous penalty-shootout victory over AC Milan at the Ataturk Stadium.

Garcia fired the Reds to the FA Cup final a year later with another goal in a 2-1 win over Chelsea, but missed out as Benitez's men beat West Ham in the final through suspension.