BBC Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker has suggested that Jhon Duran dived in Aston Villa’s win over Burnley yesterday.
Burnley gave Villa plenty of problems on the day and almost came away with a draw, only for Villa to win a penalty late on when Duran seemed to have been fouled in the box.
Still, Lineker discussed the incident with his fellow pundits and suggested that the rules regarding contact in the box perhaps means players like Duran are now encouraged to make the most of any coming together, exaggerating its impact in order to draw a decision from the referee.
“Do you think the fact we have VAR looking at these things, I know the fact the referee gave it in this instant, but do you think it encourages this kind of diving?” asked Lineker.
“I mean because it was, wasn’t it? He feels a little touch and he goes down.”
Villa fans will be grateful this decision went their way, though, as it keeps Unai Emery’s side in this season’s title race after their superb 2023 form.
Jealous Leicester are shit never gonna be Premier league good enough 😂🤣😅😂😂🤣😅🤣😂🤣🤣
Him and his pundit mates perpetuated the problem of diving and such like by never ever calling out the perpetrator of a dive during interview.
Also using the phrases ‘won a freekick’
and almost portraying it as clever to get advantage through a ‘professional foul’ ?
Also in the summary at the end of the show they talked about the chances of all 6 top teams but never mentioned Villa once and they are level on points at the very top.
I remember when Villa won the league in the 80’s BBC talked constantly about what a great season Arsenal had. Twats
And BBC news never even reported that we had won the European Cup.
Seems like Villa are a ‘ghost’ side in their eyes… an inconvenience getting in the way of the usual musical chairs of the so called “Big 6″…well for us Villa fans, we’re just enjoying the ride and amazed at where we’ve come from… it’s a shame that others don’t see that and enjoy it with us… never mind. UTV!!
Does anyone actually watch the BBC anymore. Its just full of crappie and pedos
Stick to doing what you are good at – selling crisps! Gary who?
Sometimes in life, ill-educated people are promoted and paid way above their competence. Such a one is Gary Lineker. Every licence-payer in the land is affronted and annoyed at this has-been’s BBC salary of over a million p.a. Please BBC, stop paying these so-called stars such obscene wages out of our enforced contributions.
As to his comments here: as a life-long AV supporter, I see them as the usual bias. Anything that’s awarded against the top ‘elite’ six must be wrong, it seems, to Lineker and his cronies.