The all-encompassing TV thread.

[Antepli Ejderha]

His nose looked broken and again MOTD panellists try to defend Austin, Danny Murphy for sure.

Lineker then asked if any of them had deliberately kicked anyone in the head and Shearer when pushed said move on, surely an apology after all these years was in order but no it's a bit of banter only. Ffs.

[ian.64]

Lineker then asked if any of them had deliberately kicked anyone in the head and Shearer when pushed said move on, surely an apology after all these years was in order but no it's a bit of banter only. Ffs

The shock waves that would happen as a consequence of him actually doing that would be keenly felt. Sadly, the headline 'Shearer In Self-Awareness Sensation' seems as far off as ever.

[SouthdownRebel]

Well, the FA has charged Austin with violent conduct.

[Antepli Ejderha]

Well, the FA has charged Austin with violent conduct.

Any precedent for this?

[cantagalo]

Dele Ali stock reply bingo.

"It's a learning curve for him."

"The boy needs a break."

"It's all part of his make-up."

"He wouldn't be the same player without that ruthless streak."

At least they don’t come out with ‘He’s not that sort of player’ as he patently obviously is.

[Patrick Thistle]

Dele Alli gets an easy ride from the pundit apologists because he's English. No other reason.

[The Awesome Berbaslug!!!]

ian wright and shearer gave him a hard enough time last week, just not last night.

Shearer was so angry at that lineker gag about kicking someone in the head. He really didn't think it was half as funny as Gary did.

[Antepli Ejderha]

Speaking of players who should have been sent off for reckless challenges, just what the fuck did Charlie Austin think he was doing yesterday? Lucky for him that Huddersfield keeper has a concrete face or he could have done some serious damage.

3 game ban already. That's quick work.

[Lang Spoon]

ian wright and shearer gave him a hard enough time last week, just not last night.

Shearer was so angry at that lineker gag about kicking someone in the head. He really didn't think it was half as funny as Gary did.

Has Big Al ever shared an MoTD panel with Neil Lennon? That’d be nice and spicy.

[Ek weet nie]

They did during WC2014, Lineker made a gag about Lennon heading Shearer’s foot. It didn’t get spicy.

[G-Man]

So Dele Alli's Tottenham are the beneficiaries of Austin's ban (as is Paul Pogba's Man Utd, but he has served his ban).

[Diable Rouge]

Kane scores 38 league goals in a calendar year - probably the only circumstance where a PL qualifier is appropriate, given the significantly higher number of games played in 22-team seasons.

[Diable Rouge]

Kane gets the hat-trick - one more, and he'll reportedly have as many as Cavani and Messi for 2017.

[The Awesome Berbaslug!!!]

So Mourinho's complaints about some players making childish decisions all their careers translates into Martial being dropped from the squad, and lindelof and lingard dropping to the bench to be replaced by Zlatan luke shaw and rashford.

At this point, I would just like him to step out in front of a bus.

[The Awesome Berbaslug!!!]

And Burnley score after three minutes from a set piece.

[The Awesome Berbaslug!!!]

And now they hit the bar.

[Diable Rouge]

And go 2-0 up - United look like they've already written off the league matches - no excuses for Europe, then.

[The Awesome Berbaslug!!!]

2-0 to burnley at half time.

[Sean of the Shed]

Is Ireland twenty minutes behind or something?

[Lang Spoon]

Will the poisonous Fash wee toad be fucked out by May then?

[The Awesome Berbaslug!!!]

It finishes 2-2. Lingard's second saves him from taking the blame for missing a chance at 2-0

[Snake Plissken]

Jose has still not beaten Burnley at home.

[Lang Spoon]

Everyone’s fault but his no doubt.

[Snake Plissken]

In the post-match interview you could see that he was searching for something, anything to blame. Instead fell back on "I praise the spirit of my players".

[scratchmonkey]

I can't be the only one fascinated by the figure cut by Oli McBurnie in the Liverpool-Swansea game, the combination of beard, short shorts, short socks and his height and ghostly pallor makes him look simultaneously like a hipster gone missing from a popup cafe and a pensioner that Britton found wandering out on the moors.