Jamie Carragher forced to leave CBS Sports Champions League coverage after falling ill

Jamie Carragher was forced to leave CBS Sports' coverage of the Champions League on Wednesday night after suffering with an illness during the broadcast.

The former Liverpool defender featured in the show during the build up to the matches, but when cameras returned to the studio after half-time he had left the coverage to recover.

Carragher had returned to his familiar place on the CBS Sports panel with Thierry Henry, Micah Richards and host Kate Scott to run the rule over Wednesday's matches, having been absent from coverage on Tuesday when he watched Liverpool's Champions League defeat to Paris Saint-Germain at Anfield.

Carragher had taken a full part in the broadcast earlier in the evening, and shared a story of how he was mocked by an Arsenal supporting train driver when making the journey from Liverpool to the CBS Sports studios in London.

But when the CBS coverage returned for half-time analysis of the matches, host Scott shared that Carragher wasn't feeling well. There was no suggestion that the illness was a serious one, and Carragher later posted on social media to say he was fine.

Earlier in the evening Scott had joked that Carragher had returned to the studio with his tail between his legs having watched Liverpool go out of the Champions League.

Introducing him to the show, she said: "Hello, welcome to our London studios. I am Kate Scott and I am once again joined by Thierry Henry and Micah Richards.

"Tonight, just like the story of the prodigal son. A bit too big for his boots, he thought life would be sweeter on the road. He thought he would be away, enjoying drinking and revelling, but he took a major loss and realised his foolishness."

"He came home, humbled. Hoping that he would be accepted. Jamie Carragher, back in the chair."

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On Liverpool's defeat, Carragher had said: “I am a bit deflated about the result but listen, the best team won – PSG.”

“We saw how they performed in the first leg to make it 1-0. I called it a robbery. In this game, I thought the first 20 minutes to half an hour, I felt like Liverpool were going to go on and win the game comfortably.

“They just couldn’t get that goal early on. They had two or three chances they didn’t put away, then PSG got that goal.”

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