Gary Lineker’s favourite and worst MOTD moments – ‘I had tears down my cheeks’

Gary Lineker's clip presenting Match of the Day volition extremity aft this play and the Tottenham Hotspur and England fable knows his finest moments - and the 1 he'd alternatively forget

Gary Lineker narrowed down his champion and worst moments from presenting Match of the Day.

This play volition beryllium the Tottenham Hotspur and England legend's last arsenic the big of the BBC highlights programme. While helium volition beryllium fronting the sum for the 2026 World Cup, helium won't beryllium anchoring the Premier League round-up from beyond this campaign.

Lineker has been hosting the amusement since 1999, wherever helium has seen each sorts of large and unpredictable moments. However, the champion and worst occasions of his clip connected the amusement some focused connected his beloved Leicester City.

His worst infinitesimal is often regarded arsenic being 1 of the much entertaining and amusing things to hap successful the show's agelong history. When asked to take his favourite Match of the Day moment, his reply was certain.

He rapidly replied connected The Rest Is Football podcast: "You cognize what 1 it is, erstwhile Leicester won the league." When Micah Richards asked if helium peculiarly enjoyed presenting portion wearing thing but a brace of Leicester boxer shorts successful beforehand of millions of viewers, helium answered: "No, not that one, that was my slightest favourite one."

Lineker had to contiguous the amusement successful his underwear aft his unwise wager during the 2015/16 campaign. In December 2015, helium said helium would contiguous the amusement successful his boxer shorts if Leicester, who had been 5000/1 outsiders, won the Premier League.

The Foxes would spell connected to assertion the rubric successful what is wide considered to beryllium the biggest shot daze successful English shot history. While helium wishes helium did not person to portion down, helium volition ne'er hide the joyousness helium experienced.

He added: "My favourite 1 was erstwhile Leicester received the Premier League trophy connected the last time of the season. When Claudio Ranieri came retired with [Andrea] Bocelli.

"I got truthful emotional. I was sat successful the bureau and I had tears down my cheeks. That was decidedly my favourite moment.”

After helium made his decision, Shearer asked if Leicester's FA Cup triumph implicit Chelsea successful the 2021 contention was besides 1 of his favourite moments. Brendan Rodgers' broadside were dense underdogs erstwhile they faced the westbound Londoners astatine Wembley Stadium.

A wonderment onslaught from 30 yards retired was capable for Youri Tielemans to triumph the celebrated aged trophy beneath the Wembley arch. It was a melodramatic lucifer which besides saw erstwhile Foxes defender Ben Chilwell drawback a precocious equaliser for the opposition, lone for it to beryllium disallowed for a constrictive offside determination aft a VAR review.

Looking backmost connected that game, Lineker added: “That was special. But, I think, we’re talking astir the existent Match of the Day, but I conjecture the FA Cup last is simply a Match of the Day successful that sense. Yes, those two. They are 2 things I thought I would ne'er witnesser successful my lifetime. They were my peculiar ones.”

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