Gary Lineker expertly trolled Alan Shearer as he carried out his duties because the FA Cup host for Arsenal‘s conflict in opposition to Liverpool.
The 63-year-old was internet hosting the mammoth third-round conflict between Arsenal and Liverpool on Sunday (January 7) afternoon and welcomed his good friend and colleague Alan Shearer who was on the commentary workforce for the sport.
Lineker has made a practice of joking about Shearer’s incapacity to win a FA Cup throughout his storied profession however managed to do with out it as he launched the Newcastle legend onto the BBC broadcast.
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Without the standard jest, Lineker – whereas chuckling to himself – as an alternative preceded Shearer’s welcome by mentioning one in every of his lesser-known honours which was being the runner-up of the Zenith Data Systems Cup in 1992. It left each males in hysterics. Shearer, 53, who misplaced two FA Cup finals in consecutive years with Newcastle, had a fast response to Lineker’s jab as he replied: “It’s not like you to be funny is it”.
A light-weight-hearted second between the 2 led to response on social media from followers with one writing: “As if taking p*** out of Shearer once for not winning the fa cup but then takes the p*** a second time” whereas one other stated: “And you have to have a good memory to remember that cup competition”.
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There have been just a few followers on X (previously often known as Twitter) who did not share the identical humour as their fellow customers as a 3rd wrote: “Same old FA cup joke every season. Shearer was by far a better player” whereas a fourth merely commented fairly harshly: “Gary Lineker is a moron”.
Shearer had fairly the afternoon on the commentary workforce as he watched Liverpool dump out Arsenal from the FA Cup in a 2-0 win on the Emirates. In a recreation the place Arsenal missed a number of gilt-edged possibilities, Jurgen Klopp’s aspect took their possibilities as Jakub Kiwior headed into his personal aim from a Trent Alexander-Arnold free-kick within the eightieth minute whereas Luis Diaz doubled Liverpool’s lead in stoppage time with a fantastic end previous Aaron Ramsdale.