Gary Lineker revisits his Leeds United comment after Whites dazzle at striker's former club Leicester City

GARY Lineker poked fun at himself and hailed Marcelo Bielsa's Leeds United side as the Whites raced to an impressive 3-1 success at his former club Leicester City.
By Lee Sobot
Published 31st Jan 2021, 16:36 BST
Updated 31st Jan 2021, 16:40 BST
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Former England star and Match Of The Day host Lineker irked plenty of Whites fans with a Tweet on December 20 saying that Bielsa's Whites were "really fun to watch, but they're even more fun to play against."

The Tweet came after Leeds had been blitzed 6-2 at Manchester United.

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But Leeds hit back with victories against Burnley and West Brom and then recorded their most impressive triumph of the season so far in Sunday's 3-1 success at title-chasing Leicester.

Harvey Barnes fired Lineker's former side into a 13th-minute lead but Lineker applauded United's equaliser from Stuart Dallas just two minutes later.

A majestic strike from Patrick Bamford then put Leeds in front with 20 minutes left and Bamford then set up Jack Harrison for United's third with six minutes to go.

Lineker Tweeted to say "it's all gone quiet over here" and then attached his original Tweet from December and said: "A few throwing this one back at me, but this was a compliment. What football is meant to be: entertaining and fun to play and watch. Love Bielsa's team."

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COMPLIMENT: For Leeds United from Gary Lineker. Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images.COMPLIMENT: For Leeds United from Gary Lineker. Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images.
COMPLIMENT: For Leeds United from Gary Lineker. Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images.

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