Gary Lineker leapt to Alan Shearer's defence after the pundit came under fire from Micah Richards following Saturday's Match of the Day. Lineker revealed that the BBC is restricted by how many minutes of a Premier League match they can show on their highlights programme. Gary Lineker explained that Match of the Day can't show more than 12 minutes of a match Getty Arsenal beat Crystal Palace 5-0 in the early kick-off before Brentford beat Nottingham Forest 3-2 in the evening. He claims the organisation can only show a maximum of 12 minutes from a single match. "I think it's limited to something like a maximum of 12 minutes.

Source: BBC January 22, 2024 23:01 UTC