Gary Lineker has challenged Micah Richards a few Sky Sports characteristic he “doesn’t understand”.
Sky use former Premier League referee Mike Dean to present knowledgeable views on controversial selections, like throughout Liverpool’s draw with Manchester City final Sunday. Dean was deeply concerned in analysing Liverpool’s late penalty enchantment.
Jeremy Doku appeared to kick Alexis Mac Allister within the chest, however referee Michael Oliver dismissed the penalty claims. VAR Stuart Attwell additionally reviewed the incident and rapidly cleared Doku. Many viewers thought a penalty ought to have been given, however Dean did not firmly help both viewpoint, leaving Lineker to query his function.
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“What is it with Sky and this co-commentary referee thing? It’s kind of drifted in, I think when it was BT they did it a little bit as well,” Lineker requested on The Rest Is Football podcast, by way of the Mirror.
“But during the game, I don’t really understand it. It’s almost like saying that you pundits don’t understand the laws of the game.” Pundit Richards, who works for Sky Sports and was at Anfield, defended Dean’s function, saying: “Yeah but we don’t know all of the laws of the game, do we though?”
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Lineker hit again with a cheeky: “Speak for yourself, Micah.” Richards continued to face up for Dean, insisting: “Come on, pundits don’t know the laws of the game.”
Lineker added: “Well, they should do as it’s very much part of the job now.” Richards replied: “Yeah, but I mean… How many times have you heard pundits get it so wrong. They are just giving their opinion and not the matter of fact. They are just giving their opinion and not the matter of fact.”
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Lineker continued: “You can see if it’s a foul or not. It’s blindingly obvious things – it’s just something with me. Obviously, broadcasters are looking to try and change things and do something a little bit different and all that sort of stuff.
“But I do discover that one a tad odd. Have one if there’s one thing really contentious sooner or later… possibly. But we all know a foul, we all know the legal guidelines of the sport.”
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Richards then opined: “How many times on Match of the Day have you had to read something new out when they’ve changed [a law]. I can guarantee that every pundit is not up-to-date.”
Lineker wrapped up the controversy by including: “I think that’s the thing where you tell the audience about the law of the game – you read out the law for them – but I don’t think we’re reading it out for ourselves. Well, we shouldn’t be.”