Former Manchester United star Tom Cleverley can now not bear to hearken to Martin Tyler’s commentary.
Cleverley, 34, received off to a stellar begin to life at Old Trafford after breaking onto the scene through the 2011/12 season. The Red Devils academy graduate made 10 Premier League appearances because the title race towards rivals Manchester City went proper all the way down to the ultimate day.
The midfielder didn’t earn a spot on the bench that fateful day as Sir Alex Ferguson’s facet needed to beat Sunderland and hope for City to lose to Queens Park Rangers. The unthinkable nearly occurred, with QPR on the cusp of a victory on the the Etihad, earlier than Edin Dzeko levelled the rating in stoppage time.
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Two minutes later, Sergio Aguero fired City into the lead in one of the crucial iconic moments in Premier League historical past to clinch the membership’s first title in 44 years. And whereas many affiliate the second with Martin Tyler’s spine-chilling commentary, Cleverley’s heartbreak now not permits him to understand the legendary commentator.
Speaking solely to Ladbrokes Fanzone, Cleverley recalled: “The week after, for that sport away at Sunderland, I used to be the 18th man, or no matter it was on the time, so I used to be within the stands. We travelled with no expectation in any way of QPR getting a consequence at Man City. I simply keep in mind being within the Directors Box on the Stadium of Light, considering ‘certainly it is not going to occur’, after which simply beginning to imagine that it was taking place…
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“Then I was getting in the lift to go down to pitch side and I caught a TV screen where it showed [Edin] Dzeko had equalised, and I just knew. I knew. I knew what was about to unfold. I knew QPR would fold and I knew Man City would do it. Unfortunately that’s exactly what happened, and I have to put the TV on mute every time I hear Martin Tyler’s voice.
“It’s the one iconic moment in football that really does hurt me. You know, I only played 10 games in that season, but the fact that it was Man City’s first title, and the fact it was the catalyst, and all of the significance that came with that moment… it’s a hard one to take, yeah.”
It sparked an period of dominance for the membership previously dubbed United’s ‘noisy neighbours’, with City occurring to win six extra titles. But Cleverley and United did handle to bounce again and win the league convincingly the next season, which might show to be Sir Alex’s final.
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Cleverley added: “Listen, we might not have come out and won the league as convincingly the following season, had it not happened to us, but we had the title sewn up around March time that year, and we really let it slip. To lose it to your local rivals just made it even worse, of course.
“We had a run of poor results. I think we were 4-2 up against Everton and we drew 4-4, we lost away at Wigan and then we lost at the Etihad. Those three results completely shifted the momentum. It never seemed possible that we were back in the title race until the second-half on the final day, and that ended up being the cruellest thing about it all.”
Tyler continued to commentate on the Premier League’s greatest matches till he was changed by Peter Drury firstly of the present 2023/24 season. It marked the tip of a 33-year profession with the broadcaster.