Gary Lineker airs Leicester City fears after Alan Shearer tears into Ruud van Nistelrooy's side
Gary Lineker “fears the worst” for Leicester City after their thrashing at the hands of Newcastle.
While Lineker pointed to the injuries in midfield as a factor in the result, the performance left the Match of the Day host feeling pessimistic about the club’s hopes of survival. They now sit two points above the drop zone.
Discussing the match on The Rest is Football podcast with Alan Shearer and Micah Richards, Shearer did not hold back, calling City "hopeless". The Newcastle icon asked Lineker: “Do you want to say your team were hopeless or do you want to say that Newcastle were very good?”
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Lineker said: “I’d like to remind you that our entire midfield were out with (Wilfred) Ndidi injured, (Boubakary) Soumare suspended, (Harry) Winks injured and (Facundo) Buonanotte coming back off the bench. We were crap, to be honest, and you were really, really, really good. It was a combination of the two.
“I really worry about Leicester. Ruud van Nistelrooy’s got one hell of a job on his hands. We need to get everyone fit. We’ve got a few injuries at the moment and even the goalkeeper went off at half-time and he’s really good. I’m concerned again. They’re still a few points above the drop zone but I fear the worst.”
Newcastle took 27 shots to City’s four as they dominated at St James’ Park. It was City’s heaviest defeat of the season but Shearer they were lucky it wasn’t worse.
He added: “It was so one-sided from start to finish and 4-0 did you a favour. It should have been seven or eight because of the chances they missed as well.”
