ALAN SHEARER has fired back at Jeff Stelling after the former Soccer Saturday presenter took aim at Match of the Day.
Former Sky Sports host Stelling, 69, criticised the BBC broadcast for not touching on the award of Newcastle’s second penalty in their 4-3 win over West Ham on Saturday.
After referee Rob Jones went to the pitchside monitor, he deemed Kalvin Phillips to have fouled Anthony Gordon in the box and gave the spot kick, despite Gordon appearing to step across the West Ham sub as he tried to clear the ball.
Alexander Isak stepped up for the second time in the match and tucked the ball neatly into the corner to reduce the arrears to 3-2 with 13 minutes plus added time remaining.
After Eddie Howe’s men went on to win the match, presenter Alex Scott and pundits Martin Keown and Stephen Warnock did not discuss the decision to award the penalty.
And Stelling took umbrage with the omission.
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Speaking on X, formerly known as Twitter, he said: “Interesting that MotD decided the second Newcastle pen was not worth discussing despite it being prob the most controversial decision of the weekend.
“Not the fault btw of @AlexScott just terrible production decision.”
Stelling posted late on Saturday night, before regular Match of the Day pundit Shearer responded on Sunday morning.
He replied: “Morning Jeff.
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“My guess is they didn’t show it because it was a certain penalty and as you know time is limited on the show!
“Hope all well 🙏🏻🙋🏼♂️.”
Reacting to Shearer’s tweet, one fan said: “Get him Al 😂.”
While another added: “Well said, Alan – Phillips was clumsy and lacked awareness of where Gordon was.”
But a third replied: “Al, you’re in the opponents box, you’re about to pull the trigger and a defender puts his foot in from behind, doesn’t play the ball and prevents you taking the shot. What decision do you want?”
And a fourth responded: “Come on Alan, it was never a penalty.”
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
