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Daily Mirror
4 days ago
- Sport
- Daily Mirror
Man Utd U-turn taken as Shearer leaps to their defence leaving Lineker laughing
Alan Shearer has never been afraid of criticising Manchester United, but the Newcastle United legend appeared to perform a U-turn to Gary Lineker's surprise Alan Shearer laughed that he will "never say a bad word" about Manchester United again after their victory over Aston Villa helped his beloved Newcastle United secure a spot in the Champions League. The Magpies clinched fifth place on the final day of the Premier League season, narrowly securing their return to Europe's top club competition. For most of the final day of the campaign, it looked like they were going to have to settle for the Europa League, after falling 1-0 behind at home to Everton. However, when United took the lead against Villa through Amad Diallo in the 76th minute, the Magpies were lifted back into fifth position, despite trailing the Toffees. Ruben Amorim's side went on to secure the three-points through Christian Eriksen, who dispatched a penalty in the 87th minute to double United's lead. Despite eventually succumbing to defeat to Everton, Newcastle players and supporters erupted into celebrations not seen since they won the League Cup at Wembley after it was confirmed that they would be back in Europe's top-tier competition next season. Despite being a vocal critic of the Red Devils in the past, particularly this season, Shearer has promised to keep his criticism of United to himself, to say thank you to his former rivals. While speaking on the Rest Is Football podcast, co-host Gary Lineker said: "You had a very nervy afternoon, Alan." Shearer responded: "I will never have a bad word said against Manchester United again," prompting laughter from both. Lineker quipped: "Who would have thought that they'd bail you out?" to which Shearer confessed: "And a certain decision that might've helped." He was referencing the moment of controversy at Old Trafford, which saw a goal from Morgan Rogers disallowed, after he was deemed to have kicked the ball out of the hands of United goalkeeper Altay Bayindir. Despite replay footage showing the Turkish shot-stopper had no control of the ball, VAR could not intervene to award the goal, as official Thomas Bramall had blown the whistle before the ball went into the net. The hugely controversial moment prevented Villa from taking a 1-0 lead, and, ultimately, stopped them from qualifying for the Champions League. However, it was a blessing for the Magpies, who will compete in Europe's elite competition for the second time in three years. It may also go some way to retaining star man Alexander Isak, who has been linked with moves to the likes of Arsenal and many others. Talking about the controversial result, Shearer, who had many battles against United during his career, said: "Who would have thought it? Man United doing the Toon a massive favour. "I mean they've been rotten all season, haven't they? They deserved to win yesterday. Villa were really poor and lacked so many things. They couldn't complain in terms of United deserving to win but they could complain against the decision that went against them." Directly after their season wrapped up, United boarded a flight to Malaysia for a post-season tour. Their itinerary includes a match in Kuala Lumpur on May 28 and another in Hong Kong just two days later. The victory over Villa was a positive end to a chastening season for the Red Devils. Their win over Unai Emery's side lifted them up to 15th position, which saw them finish the campaign with 11 victories, nine draws and 18 defeats. Nevertheless, this season goes down as their worst in the Premier League era and as one of the most miserable in their history. Join our new MAN UTD WhatsApp community and receive your daily dose of Manchester United content from Mirror Football. We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you don't like our community, you can check out any time you like. If you're curious, you can read our Privacy Notice.
North Wales Chronicle
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- North Wales Chronicle
Gary Lineker says he was ‘a bit emotional' after final Match Of The Day
Speaking to pundits Micah Richards and Alan Shearer on the Rest Is Football podcast, which is produced by his company Goalhanger Podcasts, Lineker, 64, said he struggled to stop the tears as a montage played during the football highlights programme on Sunday. Lineker told the men, who regularly appeared on the show with him: 'I was a bit tired, and a bit emotional last night, I'm fine. 'I'm good, and thank you both for your very kind words last night. I must say, when they played the montage, obviously, I knew something was coming, but I didn't know what it was at all. '(I was) struggling to keep myself (together), especially when I saw my boys, you know what it's like when it's family and stuff, and thankfully that wasn't the last clip, because I'd gone at that point, I needed time to get myself together to try and get through the end of the show.' The former Barcelona striker wiped away tears after the montage, which featured messages from pundits past and present including Richards, Shearer, former Liverpool defender and pundit Alan Hansen, Danny Murphy and former Arsenal striker Ian Wright. There were also words from Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk, Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola and former Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri, and former team-mates Alan Smith, Paul Gascoigne and Peter Shilton, as well as Lineker's sons George, Harry, Tobias and Angus. On Monday's episode of the Rest Is Football Lineker also spoke about losing the copy sheet of information to read out over the Premier League table during his last show, meaning he had to ad-lib. He said on the podcast: 'For the first time ever, because of everything that was going on, I completely lost what we call the copy, which is basically the written form of what I read out over the tables. 'It's written by the subs, it needs to be accurate, obviously, for all the things, you can't make any mistakes. 'For the first time in 26 years I couldn't find it, and it wasn't there, so I just (improvised), which was a bit different. 'But there were a couple of tears, I was fighting it back a bit with my closing lines.' Richards paid tribute to Lineker, saying: 'Just to be sharing the studio with you, and like I said on the the montage, all the help, all the guidance, I truly meant it with all my heart, and it was just nice to see you get the send-off that you deserve.' Gary Lineker says goodbye to #MOTD after 25 years. — Match of the Day (@BBCMOTD) May 25, 2025 Lineker signed off after 26 years, telling viewers it had been an 'absolute privilege' and 'utterly joyous' to front the show. His departure from the broadcaster follows a row after he shared a post about Zionism, which featured a depiction of a rat, historically an antisemitic insult. Lineker, the BBC's highest-paid presenter, issued an unreserved apology over the social media post, as it was confirmed he would leave his presenting role at the BBC early and would no longer front coverage of the 2026 World Cup or next season's FA Cup. In his final message on the show, Lineker said: 'Rather like my football career, everyone else did all the hard work and I got the plaudits. It's been an absolute privilege to host Match Of The Day for a quarter of a century. 'It's been utterly joyous.' Gabby Logan, Kelly Cates and Mark Chapman will replace the Leicester-born star and share the presenting role from the next Premier League season, and Lineker wished them 'all the very best when they sit in this chair'. The montage also showed a clip of Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli singing Nessun Dorma at Leicester's title celebrations in 2016, and an emotional Lineker watching the performance. Bocelli left a farewell message for Lineker, before he was shown playing out the show. Near the end of the episode Lineker quipped 'it had to be Leicester last', followed by a clip of him on Match Of The Day in just his underpants in August 2016, having stuck to a promise to appear half-naked if Leicester won the Premier League. He wore white and blue Leicester shorts for the first 30 minutes of the show. He had grown up supporting the club, and went on to score 94 goals in 194 matches for the Foxes. Lineker has presented Match Of The Day since 1999 and has fronted the BBC's coverage of other major sporting events, including the 2012 London Olympics.
South Wales Guardian
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- South Wales Guardian
Gary Lineker says he was ‘a bit emotional' after final Match Of The Day
Speaking to pundits Micah Richards and Alan Shearer on the Rest Is Football podcast, which is produced by his company Goalhanger Podcasts, Lineker, 64, said he struggled to stop the tears as a montage played during the football highlights programme on Sunday. Lineker told the men, who regularly appeared on the show with him: 'I was a bit tired, and a bit emotional last night, I'm fine. 'I'm good, and thank you both for your very kind words last night. I must say, when they played the montage, obviously, I knew something was coming, but I didn't know what it was at all. '(I was) struggling to keep myself (together), especially when I saw my boys, you know what it's like when it's family and stuff, and thankfully that wasn't the last clip, because I'd gone at that point, I needed time to get myself together to try and get through the end of the show.' The former Barcelona striker wiped away tears after the montage, which featured messages from pundits past and present including Richards, Shearer, former Liverpool defender and pundit Alan Hansen, Danny Murphy and former Arsenal striker Ian Wright. There were also words from Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk, Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola and former Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri, and former team-mates Alan Smith, Paul Gascoigne and Peter Shilton, as well as Lineker's sons George, Harry, Tobias and Angus. On Monday's episode of the Rest Is Football Lineker also spoke about losing the copy sheet of information to read out over the Premier League table during his last show, meaning he had to ad-lib. He said on the podcast: 'For the first time ever, because of everything that was going on, I completely lost what we call the copy, which is basically the written form of what I read out over the tables. 'It's written by the subs, it needs to be accurate, obviously, for all the things, you can't make any mistakes. 'For the first time in 26 years I couldn't find it, and it wasn't there, so I just (improvised), which was a bit different. 'But there were a couple of tears, I was fighting it back a bit with my closing lines.' Richards paid tribute to Lineker, saying: 'Just to be sharing the studio with you, and like I said on the the montage, all the help, all the guidance, I truly meant it with all my heart, and it was just nice to see you get the send-off that you deserve.' Gary Lineker says goodbye to #MOTD after 25 years. — Match of the Day (@BBCMOTD) May 25, 2025 Lineker signed off after 26 years, telling viewers it had been an 'absolute privilege' and 'utterly joyous' to front the show. His departure from the broadcaster follows a row after he shared a post about Zionism, which featured a depiction of a rat, historically an antisemitic insult. Lineker, the BBC's highest-paid presenter, issued an unreserved apology over the social media post, as it was confirmed he would leave his presenting role at the BBC early and would no longer front coverage of the 2026 World Cup or next season's FA Cup. In his final message on the show, Lineker said: 'Rather like my football career, everyone else did all the hard work and I got the plaudits. It's been an absolute privilege to host Match Of The Day for a quarter of a century. 'It's been utterly joyous.' Gabby Logan, Kelly Cates and Mark Chapman will replace the Leicester-born star and share the presenting role from the next Premier League season, and Lineker wished them 'all the very best when they sit in this chair'. The montage also showed a clip of Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli singing Nessun Dorma at Leicester's title celebrations in 2016, and an emotional Lineker watching the performance. Bocelli left a farewell message for Lineker, before he was shown playing out the show. Near the end of the episode Lineker quipped 'it had to be Leicester last', followed by a clip of him on Match Of The Day in just his underpants in August 2016, having stuck to a promise to appear half-naked if Leicester won the Premier League. He wore white and blue Leicester shorts for the first 30 minutes of the show. He had grown up supporting the club, and went on to score 94 goals in 194 matches for the Foxes. Lineker has presented Match Of The Day since 1999 and has fronted the BBC's coverage of other major sporting events, including the 2012 London Olympics.
Western Telegraph
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Western Telegraph
Gary Lineker says he was ‘a bit emotional' after final Match Of The Day
Speaking to pundits Micah Richards and Alan Shearer on the Rest Is Football podcast, which is produced by his company Goalhanger Podcasts, Lineker, 64, said he struggled to stop the tears as a montage played during the football highlights programme on Sunday. Lineker told the men, who regularly appeared on the show with him: 'I was a bit tired, and a bit emotional last night, I'm fine. More Stories 'I'm good, and thank you both for your very kind words last night. I must say, when they played the montage, obviously, I knew something was coming, but I didn't know what it was at all. '(I was) struggling to keep myself (together), especially when I saw my boys, you know what it's like when it's family and stuff, and thankfully that wasn't the last clip, because I'd gone at that point, I needed time to get myself together to try and get through the end of the show.' The former Barcelona striker wiped away tears after the montage, which featured messages from pundits past and present including Richards, Shearer, former Liverpool defender and pundit Alan Hansen, Danny Murphy and former Arsenal striker Ian Wright. There were also words from Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk, Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola and former Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri, and former team-mates Alan Smith, Paul Gascoigne and Peter Shilton, as well as Lineker's sons George, Harry, Tobias and Angus. On Monday's episode of the Rest Is Football Lineker also spoke about losing the copy sheet of information to read out over the Premier League table during his last show, meaning he had to ad-lib. He said on the podcast: 'For the first time ever, because of everything that was going on, I completely lost what we call the copy, which is basically the written form of what I read out over the tables. 'It's written by the subs, it needs to be accurate, obviously, for all the things, you can't make any mistakes. 'For the first time in 26 years I couldn't find it, and it wasn't there, so I just (improvised), which was a bit different. 'But there were a couple of tears, I was fighting it back a bit with my closing lines.' Richards paid tribute to Lineker, saying: 'Just to be sharing the studio with you, and like I said on the the montage, all the help, all the guidance, I truly meant it with all my heart, and it was just nice to see you get the send-off that you deserve.' Gary Lineker says goodbye to #MOTD after 25 years. — Match of the Day (@BBCMOTD) May 25, 2025 Lineker signed off after 26 years, telling viewers it had been an 'absolute privilege' and 'utterly joyous' to front the show. His departure from the broadcaster follows a row after he shared a post about Zionism, which featured a depiction of a rat, historically an antisemitic insult. Lineker, the BBC's highest-paid presenter, issued an unreserved apology over the social media post, as it was confirmed he would leave his presenting role at the BBC early and would no longer front coverage of the 2026 World Cup or next season's FA Cup. In his final message on the show, Lineker said: 'Rather like my football career, everyone else did all the hard work and I got the plaudits. It's been an absolute privilege to host Match Of The Day for a quarter of a century. 'It's been utterly joyous.' Gabby Logan, Kelly Cates and Mark Chapman will replace the Leicester-born star and share the presenting role from the next Premier League season, and Lineker wished them 'all the very best when they sit in this chair'. Match Of The Day presenter Gary Lineker outside his home in London (PA) The montage also showed a clip of Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli singing Nessun Dorma at Leicester's title celebrations in 2016, and an emotional Lineker watching the performance. Bocelli left a farewell message for Lineker, before he was shown playing out the show. Near the end of the episode Lineker quipped 'it had to be Leicester last', followed by a clip of him on Match Of The Day in just his underpants in August 2016, having stuck to a promise to appear half-naked if Leicester won the Premier League. He wore white and blue Leicester shorts for the first 30 minutes of the show. He had grown up supporting the club, and went on to score 94 goals in 194 matches for the Foxes. Lineker has presented Match Of The Day since 1999 and has fronted the BBC's coverage of other major sporting events, including the 2012 London Olympics.
Glasgow Times
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Glasgow Times
Gary Lineker says he was ‘a bit emotional' after final Match Of The Day
Speaking to pundits Micah Richards and Alan Shearer on the Rest Is Football podcast, which is produced by his company Goalhanger Podcasts, Lineker, 64, said he struggled to stop the tears as a montage played during the football highlights programme on Sunday. Lineker told the men, who regularly appeared on the show with him: 'I was a bit tired, and a bit emotional last night, I'm fine. 'I'm good, and thank you both for your very kind words last night. I must say, when they played the montage, obviously, I knew something was coming, but I didn't know what it was at all. '(I was) struggling to keep myself (together), especially when I saw my boys, you know what it's like when it's family and stuff, and thankfully that wasn't the last clip, because I'd gone at that point, I needed time to get myself together to try and get through the end of the show.' The former Barcelona striker wiped away tears after the montage, which featured messages from pundits past and present including Richards, Shearer, former Liverpool defender and pundit Alan Hansen, Danny Murphy and former Arsenal striker Ian Wright. There were also words from Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk, Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola and former Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri, and former team-mates Alan Smith, Paul Gascoigne and Peter Shilton, as well as Lineker's sons George, Harry, Tobias and Angus. On Monday's episode of the Rest Is Football Lineker also spoke about losing the copy sheet of information to read out over the Premier League table during his last show, meaning he had to ad-lib. He said on the podcast: 'For the first time ever, because of everything that was going on, I completely lost what we call the copy, which is basically the written form of what I read out over the tables. 'It's written by the subs, it needs to be accurate, obviously, for all the things, you can't make any mistakes. 'For the first time in 26 years I couldn't find it, and it wasn't there, so I just (improvised), which was a bit different. 'But there were a couple of tears, I was fighting it back a bit with my closing lines.' Richards paid tribute to Lineker, saying: 'Just to be sharing the studio with you, and like I said on the the montage, all the help, all the guidance, I truly meant it with all my heart, and it was just nice to see you get the send-off that you deserve.' Gary Lineker says goodbye to #MOTD after 25 years. — Match of the Day (@BBCMOTD) May 25, 2025 Lineker signed off after 26 years, telling viewers it had been an 'absolute privilege' and 'utterly joyous' to front the show. His departure from the broadcaster follows a row after he shared a post about Zionism, which featured a depiction of a rat, historically an antisemitic insult. Lineker, the BBC's highest-paid presenter, issued an unreserved apology over the social media post, as it was confirmed he would leave his presenting role at the BBC early and would no longer front coverage of the 2026 World Cup or next season's FA Cup. In his final message on the show, Lineker said: 'Rather like my football career, everyone else did all the hard work and I got the plaudits. It's been an absolute privilege to host Match Of The Day for a quarter of a century. 'It's been utterly joyous.' Gabby Logan, Kelly Cates and Mark Chapman will replace the Leicester-born star and share the presenting role from the next Premier League season, and Lineker wished them 'all the very best when they sit in this chair'. Match Of The Day presenter Gary Lineker outside his home in London (PA) The montage also showed a clip of Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli singing Nessun Dorma at Leicester's title celebrations in 2016, and an emotional Lineker watching the performance. Bocelli left a farewell message for Lineker, before he was shown playing out the show. Near the end of the episode Lineker quipped 'it had to be Leicester last', followed by a clip of him on Match Of The Day in just his underpants in August 2016, having stuck to a promise to appear half-naked if Leicester won the Premier League. He wore white and blue Leicester shorts for the first 30 minutes of the show. He had grown up supporting the club, and went on to score 94 goals in 194 matches for the Foxes. Lineker has presented Match Of The Day since 1999 and has fronted the BBC's coverage of other major sporting events, including the 2012 London Olympics.
