Gary Lineker
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Coming up on today's show... He's just got up for a header.
Where is he supposed to land?
What is the biggest time-wasting issue in our game today?
V-A-R.
Won the club's first trophy for, what, 70 years?
And also, this is the first time now, isn't it, that you've qualified for the proper knockout stages of the Champions League in the club's history.
So it would be utter madness to tamper with that.
Hello and welcome to The Rest Is Football with Micah Richards and me, Gary Lineker.
We're doing this on Thursday morning.
Obviously, what's he doing, Micah?
God knows what he's doing, mate.
Playing golf.
Of course he is.
So it's been a fascinating week of Champions League football.
I mean, there's some crazy scorelines.
Let me read you the aggregate scores, Micah, across the two days.
You've got 7-4, 2-0, 5-2, 9-3, 4-3, 7-5, 5-4, 3-1.
I mean, how did you fit that in in your 17 hours coverage on CBS, Micah?
You'd be amazed how many people, and I've been championing to get rid of that away goals rule for a long time because I think...
I always thought it made the first legs incredibly negative because the home side can't afford to concede and sometimes in the away leg.