Gary Lineker is not wallowing in despair over Leicester City’s controversial FA Cup exit because he believes they’re not good enough to challenge for the trophy anyway.

City were knocked out of the cup in the fourth round on Friday evening after their former centre-back Harry Maguire scored a 93rd-minute winner for Manchester United. Replays showed he was clearly offside, but with no VAR in use, the goal stood.

Lineker was not impressed by the quality of the fixture, describing it as “awful”. Seeing City play that way, he’s not “devastated” that his boyhood club have been knocked out.

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He said on The Rest is Football podcast: “There’s no fifth round for Leicester. I must say, that was an awful game of football. There was a lot of one-touch football. Man United had a touch, Leicester had a touch, Man United had a touch, Leicester had a touch. It wasn’t great.

“Obviously I’m entitled to whinge at this offside decision but I wasn’t devastated because I was thinking: ‘I just can’t see how Leicester could possibly win the FA Cup this season playing that way.’ But I’m surprised he missed it

“I’ve always been a big fan of VAR! This new technology, semi-automated, is coming in before the end of the season. It’s coming in a few weeks too late for Leicester.”

Their FA Cup exit means they now have just the Premier League to focus on this season. They resume their survival bid against Arsenal this weekend, City currently sitting 18th in the table, two points from safety.

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