Sky Sports commentator Martin Tyler criticised for his alleged racist remark about Tottenham attacker Heung-min Son

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Sky Sports commentator Martin Tyler’s commentary during Liverpool’s 4-3 win against Tottenham was marred by what appeared to be a controversial remark.

While commentating on the match, Tyler compared a tackle made by Tottenham’s South Korean forward Son on Liverpool’s Cody Gakpo to “martial arts”.

And fans on twitter were quick to notice and call out the 77-year-old for his remark.

One fan wrote: “Time to make a change. Martin Tyler talking about “martial arts” after an Asian player receives a yellow card is unacceptable. “No Room for Racism” isn’t just a slogan. Gary Neville should be reporting that.”

Another tweeted: Surprised there isn’t more being made of Martin Tyler comparing South Korean football Heung-min Son’s foul on Cody Gakpo to “martial arts.” Shocking stuff.

Another pointed out that he would not have made that comment if an Englishman made the challenge, calling it casual racism:

“Anyone notice the snide casually racist (IMO) comment by Martin Tyler about Son? Tugged LFC for yellow and Tyler called it a martial arts move. Wouldn’t have used term had an Englishman committed offence. Uncalled for and not a good look, Martin”

 

 

The South Korean was on the scoresheet as for Tottenham as Spurs fought hard to come back from 3 goals down to draw 3-3. However, despite Richarlison scoring Spurs’ equaliser in the 93rd winner, Liverpool managed to find the winner just a minute later as they secured a crucial 4-3 win.

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9 Comments

  1. Get a grip he’s a very intelligent puntit that was purely referring to the the tackle as like it was a martial arts kick how is that offensive ??? Would you you say the same if somebody was kicked in the trying to attempt a overhead kick !!! No you wouldn’t so grow a pair and accept it’s a sport and happens !!!!

  2. Ridiculous! They said Eric Cantona kung-fu kicked a fan in the crowd at Crystal Palace and he’s French, so what’s the difference? It’s the style and type of action he performed that gets compared, nothing whatsoever to do with the race, French or South Korean!

  3. Would anybody notice if the comment about martial arts was made about a non Asian. Have there ever been any previous comments about martial arts type tackles by people from other backgrounds. There are many people from all over the world practicing martial arts. This seems like over anxious politically correct exponents pushing the boundaries.

  4. If Tyler can show reference to martial arts being used as a term about a non Asian player does that mean the people pointing it out are racist for judging son as Asian not just a football player?

  5. What a bunch of wet wipes if that offends you then you have bigger problems try looking in mirror at how much of an idiot you look

  6. So when he happens to say something like “it looks more like a boxing match or wrestling match or a rugby game (all references I’ve heard used before to describe a chippy match or hard tackle or infraction)….why isn’t that offensive. I believe people have become misguided about what racism or racist comments really are!

  8. Just pathetic people looking for things to be offended by, how very offensive, who can I complain to?

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