Alan Shearer and Gary Lineker have defended their tense BBC interview with Man Utd boss Erik ten Hag during their coverage of the FA Cup final on Saturday.
The Dutchman has come under pressure this season with a report before the final at Wembley claiming he would be sacked no matter what the outcome.have struggled to an eighth-placed finish in the Premier League and were knocked out of Europe before Christmas by finishing bottom of their Champions League group.
“I asked the question, ‘Do you think you’ve been unfairly treated by pundits, and even us?’ Obviously, it’s our job to be critical on occasion, we have to say what we think. And then he replied saying ‘definitely’, and then you challenged him didn’t you?”Shearer responded: “Yeah. He’s entitled to have a pop back because he’s been criticised at times and I think rightly so, because his team have been miles off it. They’ve been poor.
“They’ve had a disastrous season in terms of the league. I don’t think any Man Utd fan would argue that. To finish eighth, to finish with the number of goals they’ve conceded, shots against, it’s embarrassing. “So for all of those things we’ve had to criticise them this season. If we didn’t we wouldn’t be doing our job. But he’s entitled to have the hump with people who he feels are being unfair, but I felt I was well within my rights .”For no real reason, here’s a list of 10 football managers who lost their job despite winning trophies. There’s a lot of PSG and Real Madrid, unsurprisingly.
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