‘There is no doubt what I have done is disgusting’

ing close to tears in the interview, he said: “It was a moment of madness. It’s difficult to explain, it was almost an outof-body thing but you can’t ever behave like that, it’s unacceptable. My biggest regret is for the 14-year-old girl to be caught in the middle of it.

“That devastates me more than anything. I’ve got a daughter exactly the same age and I can’t say how I’d react if someone did that to her.”

After watching the video on Sky News again, he told the news anchor: “It’s the lowest of the low. All I can do is apologise as much as I can. Obviously I can’t go back but hopefully the family can accept that.

“There is no doubt what I have done is disgusting. I am getting vilified and rightly so.

“It’s difficult to explain, the moment of madness, it was four or five seconds. I lost it.

“I have never done it before and I will never do it again, I can just try and go back to the person that I am.”

Speaking about his future, he added: “I have not offered my resignation, I am working out

Carragher tries to save his pundit’s job live on Sky News yesterday, left, after he spat in the face of a 14-yearold girl, right, caught on video on Saturday. Below, on Twitter a contrite Carragher tries to justify his ‘madness’