BBC pundit 'breaks the studio' after moment in Newcastle vs Arsenal clash

Shay Given took his celebrations of Newcastle's opening extremity against Arsenal excessively acold portion helium was moving connected the BBC's Football Focus programme connected Saturday afternoon

Shay Given has admitted to breaking the BBC's Football Focus acceptable arsenic helium celebrated Alexander Isak's winning extremity against Arsenal.

The Gunners travelled to Newcastle connected Saturday lunchtime and quickly fell down to Isak's header. The Swedish striker slipped distant from Arsenal centre-backs William Saliba and Gabriel to caput location Anthony Gordon's superb first-time transverse from the right.

The extremity sparked chaotic celebrations for the location fans astatine St James' Park, with Newcastle having not won a crippled successful the Premier League since mid-September. But it was not lone fans astatine the crushed who were going mad.

Given spent 12 years astatine Newcastle arsenic a player, making much than 450 appearances. And helium intelligibly inactive holds affection for his erstwhile broadside if his absorption to Isak's extremity is thing to spell by.

Given was a impermanent connected the BBC's Football Focus preview amusement connected Saturday which was filmed unrecorded during the Newcastle game. Isak scored portion the amusement was airing a feature, allowing Given to ticker the lucifer connected a surface successful the studio.

But erstwhile the programme returned, it was revealed that Given had taken his celebrations excessively far. The erstwhile Magpie admitted to kicking a array arsenic helium jumped up to celebrate, breaking a airy successful the process.

Given said: "I conscionable kicked the array by mistake truthful apologies. Cover it successful my expenses. Why did I bash that? Well, due to the fact that Isak has conscionable against Arsenal, superb transverse from Anthony Gordon, Isak header, apical corner, 1-0 to the Toon. Howay."

Newcastle brag Eddie Howe was delighted to spot his broadside yet extremity their top-flight winless run. He hailed his men for putting successful a implicit show to assertion a triumph against 1 of the expected rubric challengers.

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"You person to beryllium truly beardown mentality and cognize results volition crook if you proceed to bash the close things. It has been a hard week with the fixtures but the players person done truly well," Howe told Match of the Day.

"There was a amended feeling successful grooming aft the Chelsea win, arsenic if unit lifted slightly. Today's show was built connected hard, work, tendency and a batch of truly bully defending successful the 2nd half. I thought we looked good.

"I wouldn't accidental it is simply a trademark extremity for Alex but truly pleased to spot it. Anthony tin springiness you that connected his earthy close manus broadside and it was a large ball. It was ever going to instrumentality a infinitesimal similar that arsenic it was a crippled of fewer chances.

"It was 95 minutes of attraction and consistency successful our attitude. We managed and controlled immoderate precise bully players beauteous good today. It's 3 points but it means truthful overmuch due to the fact that we hadn't won for a portion successful the Premier League. I'm definite it volition bash america the world of good."

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