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WATCH | Did Antonio Rudiger bite Paul Pogba?

International tournaments have had their fair share of biting moments - the most high-profile of ...



WATCH | Did Antonio Rudiger bi...
Soccer

WATCH | Did Antonio Rudiger bite Paul Pogba?

International tournaments have had their fair share of biting moments - the most high-profile of which was Luis Suarez on Giorgio Chiellini in 2014.

But did Antonio Rudiger have a little nibble at Paul Pogba?

In the first half of France v Germany in Munich, it appeared that the Chelsea defender had a little late lunch on the Manchester United man...

Pogba and Rudiger

Meanwhile, former Manchester City defender Micah Richards cited Gary Neville's criticism of Pogba as a reason why he did not initially like the former Manchester United captain.

One of the more recently successful ex-players to take the plunge into football punditry, Richards has been a regular presence on Sky Sports this season.

Alongside the likes of Neville, Jamie Carragher and Roy Keane, his background with this year's Premier League winners Manchester City has broadened the range of allegiances among the regular pundits.

"I didn't really used to like Gary Neville if I'm being totally honest," he told Carragher on The Greatest Game podcast, "because of the rivalry between the reds and the blues."

Briefly opponents while playing for United and City, Richards explained that Neville's misguided criticism of Paul Pogba had also informed his initial dislike of him.

"When I worked with him [I realised] he's actually a nice guy," remarked Richards, "but some of the stuff he used to say about Pogba and stuff like that.

"I didn't want to argue with him, but I just wanted to put a couple of things straight because I know Pogba and what-not.

"A lot of what [Neville] was saying, it was false."

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