Martin Tyler is well regarded as one of England’s top commentators with some of his iconic lines gracing some of the most memorable goals in English football. His “AGUERROOOOO, I swear you’ll never see anything like this ever again, so watch it, drink it in!” line is probably the most iconic piece of commentary in English football. Of course, he spoke those words after Manchester City had won their first Premier League title in extra-time back in 2012.
But Man City fans were less than pleased with Tyler on Sunday afternoon as he showed absolutely no enthusiasm for either of their goals in the 2-0 win over Arsenal on the opening weekend of the Premier League.
Raheem Sterling in particular, was incredible for the current Premier League champions as they continued where they left off from last season with an impressive 2-0 win. City dominated the majority of the game but when the breakthrough came from that wonderful individual effort by Sterling, Tyler was nonplussed.
“Sterling, into a shooting position, into a scoring position for Manchester City” he said, without the hint of excitement he usually shows for a goal in the Premier League. He has been criticised in the past on social media with many people claiming he is a Manchester United fan, giving some of his previous commentaries.
In an interview with a Mirror he denied these claims saying: “This thing where you have to have a Premier League team is garbage. It’s the accident of birth. It’s the one thing that irks me when people say you must have a Premier League team, I absolutely, categorically don’t.
“How can I be a Man United fan when I’ve got excited about Aguero. All I do is react to the game.
“It’s a great bonus to not have a Premier League team. I’m probably the only commentator to not have a Premier League club.”
But on this showing Martin, those claims might come back up.
Imagine if it'd been SAL-AHHHH - he'd have been through a box of Kleenex in no time.
@sterling7 @ManCity
