Gary Lineker was so 'bored' during Brighton vs Nottingham Forest he asked Wayne Rooney this 'fishy' question
Gary Lineker scrambles to fill air time during BBC broadcast
It's fair to say Brighton's FA Cup quarter-final loss to Nottingham Forest was not a thrilling contest.
The penalty shootout, which saw Matz Sels save two Brighton spot kicks, delivered late drama but the match itself was a battle of attrition as it finished 0-0 after extra-time.
Nuno Espírito Santo’s team eventually progressed to the FA Cup semi-finals, where they will face Manchester City at Wembley Stadium.
BBC covered the quarter-final clash live and Gary Lineker was hosting the show with Wayne Rooney as one of the pundits. Rooney told Lineker before the match that he was scared of fish and that became the topic of the halftime of conversation after a fairly uneventful first half.
Lineker, Shearer and Micah Richards discussed their “fishy” coverage earlier today on the The Rest is Football podcast.
Richards said: “It was a boring game, wasn't it? Which we'll talk about a little bit later. And [live on TV] he was just filling and filling and filling. And then he talked about Rooney's fish or scared of fish.”
Lineker then explained: “We were chatting before the game, we were talking about the fact that Brighton's so close to the sea.
"And Wayne's gone, I don't like the sea at all. I went, oh, really? What, even in a nice, warm, tropical water? And he went, no, he said, I'm scared of fish.
"So, I mean, it got to the stage where we had two minutes more to chat and I'd run out of anything to say in the first half. So, I thought I'd bring it up.”
Shearer then piped up: “Oh God, it must have been a sh*t game if he were talking about the fact he didn't like fish.”
Brighton fans will hope for better fortunes as they return to Premier League action against Aston Villa at the Amex Stadium this Wednesday.
Brighton boss Fabian Hurzeler said: “You have to analyse when you win games, you have to analyse when you lose games, and then it's about showing character.
“It's about showing the right reaction on that, because I think big teams, big players, they have the character to come back after losses like this.”
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