Sergio Aguero: The Moments That Made Them

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Rest Is Football – Sergio Aguero: The Moments That Made Them
Date: January 28, 2026
Hosts: Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer, Micah Richards

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Main Theme

This episode is dedicated to Sergio Aguero: his impact on the Premier League, the iconic moments that defined his career, and his legacy as one of the greatest strikers in the league’s history. With former teammate Micah Richards offering personal anecdotes and both Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer sharing admiration for Aguero’s brilliance, the trio explores why Aguero’s name is etched into English football folklore.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Aguero’s Arrival at Manchester City (02:49–06:56)

• First Impressions & Reputation

  • Micah recalls being amazed when Aguero signed, describing him as a player City never expected to get:
    “We was looking at him in awe... when he come through the door, we was like, how on God's earth have we got him?” (03:57, Micah Richards)
  • Aguero’s quiet, shy demeanor off the pitch contrasted with his on-field prowess.

• Training vs. Matchday Attitude

  • Micah recounts Aguero being “awful” in training, appearing laid back with "his laces undone," but transforming completely on matchdays.
    “He just trained like a...he just trained with his laces undone. So chilled out. But when he got to a game, he was different.” (04:37, Micah Richards)
  • The panel contrasts their own approaches to training: Gary admits he was “lazy” in training unless it involved finishing work, while Alan was the opposite.

2. Aguero’s Manchester City Debut (07:13–10:57)

• Micah proudly details the assist he provided for Aguero’s first City goal and jokes about his own contribution:
  “A debut goal. And they've got yet another hero here, Manchester City. Can I, can I go up to the score?” (07:24, Micah Richards)
• The hosts replay and banter over the move and Richards’s crossing ability, with Alan teasing:
  “Little did he know, that was the one and only time that you did it.” (09:17, Alan Shearer)
• Aguero’s substitute debut: 2 goals and an assist against Swansea – launching him as a City hero.

3. The 6-1 at Old Trafford: City’s Coming of Age (10:57–13:49)

• The 6-1 win over Manchester United is discussed as the moment City “arrived.”
• Micah reminisces about the party atmosphere after the game and City's noisy celebrations: “We was knocking on their [Man United’s] doors and all that champagne and all that stuff.” (12:40, Micah Richards)
• The victory cemented belief within City that they could be serious title contenders.

4. Iconic Five-Goal Hauls & Premier League History (15:12–18:09)

• Gary and Alan discuss Aguero joining the exclusive club of players to score five in one Premier League game.
• Alan recounts his own five-goal feat, including a humorous memory of a rookie trying to take his penalty: “Started with F, it ended with F.” (17:17, Alan Shearer)

5. Aguero’s Versatility & City’s Supporting Cast (18:09–19:39)

• The hosts praise Aguero’s ability to score from various positions: close-range, long-range, and his intelligence in movement and finishing.
• Discussion of City’s all-star supporting cast: Silva, De Bruyne, Fernandinho, and, with a smirk, Zabaleta.

6. Aguero as a Person (19:39–20:48)

• Micah describes Aguero as “the nicest guy,” not loud, kept to himself, but always a team player.
• He jokes about seeing Aguero post-retirement:
  “He's put a bit of timber.” (20:24, Micah Richards)

7. "Aguerooo" – The Most Iconic Premier League Moment (20:48–24:31)

• Lineker and Shearer agree Aguero’s title-winning goal against QPR is the most iconic moment in league history.
• Recalling the wild celebrations, the panel laughs about Mancini’s passion and the emotional rollercoaster.
  “Look at that moment, though...the mood at the ground was just so up and down.” (21:52, Micah Richards)
• The group debates Manchester United fans’ reactions and the timelines of events, with Gary recalling the stunned atmosphere in the Match of the Day office:
  “Everyone in the room just went absolutely mad. Not that we...preferred City or United, but it was just that absolute moment. Oh, my God, what's just happened?” (23:25, Gary Lineker)
• Rubbishing claims from Wayne Rooney that QPR “threw it”:
  “Absolute nonsense...” (24:41, Micah Richards)

8. Aguero’s Legacy as a Premier League Number Nine (25:22–27:06)

• Debate over where Aguero ranks among greats like Shearer, Kane, Drogba, Harland, and Andy Cole.
• Consensus: Aguero is at least top five, perhaps even top three all-time out-and-out Premier League strikers.
  “Record goals per game ratio, though. Sergio was, like, the best.” (26:55, Micah Richards)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Aguero’s Training Habits
  “He just trained with his laces undone. So chilled out. But when he got to a game, he was different.”
  – Micah Richards (04:56)

• After Aguero’s Debut
  “Two goals and assists. Ridiculous. Not a bad way to start.”
  – Micah Richards (10:42)

• On City’s Old Trafford Triumph
  “That was the time when we knew we'd arrived to go to Old Trafford. Although they had 10 men...to get six, it was embarrassing for him [Ferdinand].”
  – Micah Richards (13:07)

• The Title-Winner against QPR
  “He's won the league with 90 seconds of stoppage time to play.”
  – Micah Richards (21:06, quoting commentary)

• On Aguero as a Teammate
  “Genuinely just a top human being.”
  – Micah Richards (20:40)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• 02:49: Introduction to Aguero episode and Micah’s memories of his arrival
• 07:13: Recalling Aguero's debut goal for Manchester City
• 10:57: The 6-1 win at Manchester United, “noisy neighbours” banter
• 15:12: Aguero’s five-goal haul and other Premier League five-goal games
• 20:48: “Aguerooo!” Moment vs. QPR revisited
• 24:41: Addressing Wayne Rooney’s QPR comments
• 25:22: Ranking Aguero among Premier League number nines

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Takeaways

• The trio paints a vivid picture of Aguero’s journey from a shy newcomer to a Premier League icon, emphasizing his professionalism, unique personality, and record-breaking achievements.
• Aguero is lauded for being a prolific, versatile scorer with a calm yet deadly demeanor in front of goal.
• His dramatic, emotion-laden title-winner against QPR was unanimously agreed to be the Premier League’s most unforgettable moment.
• Among Premier League strikers, Aguero is confirmed as an undisputed great—top five, possibly top three—by both former rivals and teammates.

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Summary compiled from the original conversation, keeping the engaging, bantering tone while highlighting expert insight and emotional resonance for football fans.

Transcript

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[Micah Richards]

Aguero, Aguero.

[Gary Lineker]

With many O's. What a finisher.

[Alan Shearer]

Yeah, I mean, you know, when you're that small as he was, you have to be pretty special. And he was, I mean, I think his balance, you know, for someone that size, his balance and his strength grabs it.

[Gary Lineker]

Yeah. I say, don't they I don't know, that's actually a scientific thing.

[Alan Shearer]

But yeah, he was just a brilliant goal scorer. He had the knack of knowing where to be in and around the six yard box and scored some brilliant goals.

[Gary Lineker]

You would have been there, obviously, at Manchester City as a relatively young man bursting onto the scene when Sergio joined. I mean, he strikes me as like quiet, maybe a bit shy or not. What was he like when he first. Can you remember when he walked through the doors or what you thought or.

[Micah Richards]

I think we had him in a pre season game a couple seasons before and in the game he was unbelievable.

[Gary Lineker]

What do you mean you had him played against him?

[Micah Richards]

He played against him, yeah, the preseason friendly.

[Gary Lineker]

Sorry, it's Atletico.

[Micah Richards]

Atletico. And we was looking at him in awe. So then when he come through the door, we was like, how on God's earth have we got him? We thought we couldn't really go Madrid because I thought, I'm probably not going to go Barcelona, maybe Chelsea at the time. So when he come through, I was like, wow, now people are going to take us.

[Alan Shearer]

Really? You thought that then, didn't you?

[Micah Richards]

I just knew it.

[Alan Shearer]

You knew he's that good?

[Micah Richards]

He was the only one at that time where you thought, he's good age, like he scores goals for fun, good temperament. But in training he was awful. Was he in training? You know the first thing you do when he. Training. For all those who not play football, you do the rondos, don't you?

[Gary Lineker]

Yeah.

[Micah Richards]

So they call them boxes or squares or whatever. And his touch was baggy. Was it? So we was thinking, no, this is. Come on, surely not. He's got to be better than this. And he just trained like a. I won't say bag of shit, but he just trained with his laces undone. So chilled out. But when he got to a game, he was different.

[Gary Lineker]

Sounds familiar.

[Alan Shearer]

Level.

[Gary Lineker]

I was a bit like that.

[Micah Richards]

Was he like that?

[Gary Lineker]

Well, not that much, but I was. I mean, I could never get up for training. I just found it dull. Really, really dull.

[Micah Richards]

I just get up for it.

[Gary Lineker]

Yeah, I just. I mean, I hate like five asides I've always thought were pointless. You can talk about games like that, circles and all that. It's just like, oh, what we doing? I wanted to. If you're doing like physical training, fine. Because I feel I'm getting something out of it. If you're doing finishing, great. I'm in my element. Loved it. Switched on, engaged, finishing. So people say, oh, you were lazy. It wasn't that, it was just, come on, give Me something that's actually going to benefit me from training. I think a lot of strikers are possibly like that a little bit.

[Alan Shearer]

Well, I was the opposite way. No one you said about the fitness training.

[Micah Richards]

I hated fitness. I hated.

[Gary Lineker]

It lasted, but I felt I was getting something out.

[Alan Shearer]

Really.

[Micah Richards]

Yeah.

[Alan Shearer]

What was he like in the fitness training?

[Micah Richards]

Because fitness really. No, not that bothered. I was always at the back.

[Gary Lineker]

I was at the back of long distance runs, but I was always at the front of the.

[Micah Richards]

All the sprints. I was at the same.

[Alan Shearer]

But doesn't it just go to show, though? It doesn't. If it's fine if you like that. Because everyone's different. Whatever rocks the ball and if the manager understands that and thinks, you know what, he's going to win me games out on the football pitch when it really matters in the games and it doesn't. The big picture, it doesn't really matter how you're trained.

[Micah Richards]

We had a good attitude though.

[Alan Shearer]

He did.

[Micah Richards]

It was no trouble whatsoever.

[Alan Shearer]

He's had a bit of a nasty streak to him as well.

[Micah Richards]

On the field, on the pitch. Yeah, he had a little bit of nastiness about him, but in training he was just the most relaxed person ever. Yeah, but finishing finishes in training, that's like you said, that's when he came all different sort of finishes when he was in training. Little dinks, passing, weight of it. Shooting from 30 yards, he could do easily.

[Alan Shearer]

And he worked on that as well. Did he?

[Micah Richards]

I wouldn't say it was just 10 minutes after training. 10 minutes after training, just doing, you know, little finishes and he just made it look so easy.

[Gary Lineker]

Do you think he's aware of the fact that he owes his success at Manchester City?

[Micah Richards]

Well, I've tried to tell a few people this. Yeah.

[Gary Lineker]

Because you had the assist for Sergio Aguero's first goal, which is our first moment. Toure, Johnson, lovely play.

[Micah Richards]

Aguero. A debut goal. And they've got yet another hero here, Manchester City. Can I, can I go up to the score?

[Gary Lineker]

A first goal. There's never even a second goal.

[Alan Shearer]

Look at you.

[Micah Richards]

Come on, come on, let's go. This is. This is proper.

[Gary Lineker]

He's off again.

[Micah Richards]

Here we go.

[Alan Shearer]

Look at his score.

[Micah Richards]

Calm down. Can we go back on there, please? Can you do the. Just pause it for me there. Look at this. Modern day fullback. This is in 2012. It would have been 2011. This would have been 2011. High and wide, taking the winger or fullback high and wide there. Roll it slowly for me, please. H. Lovely pause now. Allowing better players with technical ability to get on the ball there. My job. Mancini told me. We want you there. That's all you want. High and wide and get in those areas here, roll it on for me, please, sir. Now, pause.

[Gary Lineker]

Hang on a minute.

[Micah Richards]

Pause. Look at this. We talk. We're not.

[Gary Lineker]

You're offside.

[Micah Richards]

It's about timing of the right shot.

[Gary Lineker]

I think you look slightly offside.

[Micah Richards]

So look at this. When we talk about fullbacks awareness, look at the run. Pathetic run by Dzeko. Aguero is too late, but we roll it on. Bigmeeks is aware we're not even going to the back post.

[Gary Lineker]

Boom.

[Micah Richards]

How do you want it on a plane?

[Gary Lineker]

See you later.

[Alan Shearer]

How many times did you get in that position and shank it into the crowd?

[Gary Lineker]

Never get off.

[Alan Shearer]

That was a great ball, by the way.

[Micah Richards]

The first goal, he scores. Look at this timing.

[Gary Lineker]

I think you.

[Alan Shearer]

Oh, in var.

[Micah Richards]

I think you might be offside.

[Gary Lineker]

Oh, it's the right back might be playing you on.

[Alan Shearer]

I cannot, you know, I can imagine Sergio Aguero thinking, oh, my God. Clearly in this team with that guy up and down that right hand side, whipping balls like. Like that In. Little did he know, that was the one and only time that you did it.

[Micah Richards]

No, no, no, no, no, no. He's obviously not done your research, because there's more.

[Alan Shearer]

That is a great Balliol.

[Gary Lineker]

That is a great cross, Michael. Credit where it's due. Did you know I spoke to Sergio once and I asked him, I said to him, you know, what made you join Manchester City in the first place? And he did say to me, big Meeks.

[Micah Richards]

You must have heard about the nights out.

[Gary Lineker]

Oh, it might have been about the nights out. It might actually have been about that. But could you tell in the early. I mean, I know you talk about a trainee's attitude and wasn't, you know, but did you feely was a bit special?

[Micah Richards]

Yeah, it was special.

[Gary Lineker]

Once you played in the games, in.

[Micah Richards]

The game we scored, he scored, what, two goals on his debut. Scored another one in that one. Look at this for a finish, by the way.

[Gary Lineker]

Yeah, this was a brilliant goal. 30, 40 yards, which he's not necessarily known for, but he could do that. Yeah, the embracero in those days, he always had kun on his shirt in those days.

[Alan Shearer]

He didn't score too many of them, did he?

[Micah Richards]

No, that was his debut, by the way.

[Alan Shearer]

And he come on as a sub.

[Gary Lineker]

Came on as sub, Came on as a sub. Two goals and assists.

[Micah Richards]

Ridiculous. Not a bad way to start Swansea this game. They played us off the park for the first 50 minutes. We was all knackered from pre season. We wasn't fit. And then the quality shone in the end.

[Gary Lineker]

Gone to the next moment we have, which was actually, I think, when the noisy neighbours became a bit more than noisy neighbours. And that's when you won 61 at Old Trafford. That must have been so special.

[Micah Richards]

It was amazing. Amazing. I got man of the match in this game, really. And I don't know how. Hang on a minute.

[Gary Lineker]

Can we just change the episode to Micah Richards?

[Micah Richards]

Because I'm going back up the screen again. Edge, come back a little bit. We're going back up again. We're going back up again. So look at this again.

[Gary Lineker]

Offside again.

[Micah Richards]

Look at the timing of the run. I'm looking across the line, look. How do you want it, Alan?

[Alan Shearer]

Brilliant.

[Gary Lineker]

Brilliant.

[Micah Richards]

How do you want it?

[Alan Shearer]

As much as I don't like it to say, those are great balls you're putting in.

[Micah Richards]

Look at this.

[Gary Lineker]

Toure, Balotelli, Milner, Crisp from City. It's Richards. It's three.

[Micah Richards]

Sergio Aguero. No doubt now about the outcome. Completely.

[Gary Lineker]

Manchester City's day.

[Micah Richards]

Have a look up.

[Gary Lineker]

I love the technique there. Just boom.

[Micah Richards]

Just fizz it.

[Gary Lineker]

But you rattle it in.

[Micah Richards]

But side footed, just fizzing.

[Gary Lineker]

Yeah, honestly.

[Micah Richards]

But that game, 6 1, what would.

[Gary Lineker]

Aguero have been without you? Nothing.

[Micah Richards]

Nothing at all. Trying to tolerate me.

[Gary Lineker]

Nothing at all. Aguero aside, that victory, the dressing room after and stuff, must have been.

[Micah Richards]

It was madness, wasn't it? It was madness. Cause back then, do you remember how annoying Rio Ferdinand was? No, no, no, no. But I get on with Rio. I'm not being like in terms of whenever they won anything.

[Gary Lineker]

Oh, was he?

[Micah Richards]

He would be all over social media, the nightclubs or whatever. He'd be banging on the dressing room door when they'd win. So when we went there, we made a right racket.

[Alan Shearer]

Did you?

[Gary Lineker]

Did you?

[Micah Richards]

We was knocking on their doors and all that champagne and all that stuff.

[Gary Lineker]

Noisy neighbors. Very noisy names.

[Micah Richards]

Very, very noisy neighbor. It was just. It was an amazing feeling because that was the time when we knew we'd arrived to go to Old Trafford. Although they had 10 men, I think it was Johnny Evans got sent off in the game. But to go to Old Trafford and win 6 1, was that the point.

[Gary Lineker]

Where you thought, we're now serious competitors?

[Micah Richards]

This is serious now? Yeah, we said that in a dressing room. We said we could beat anyone if we could do that here. Because even when you go down to 10 men, they might defend A little bit. You might, you know, win three or four or whatnot, but to get six, it was embarrassing for him.

[Gary Lineker]

Do you gloat at all?

[Micah Richards]

Do I gloat?

[Gary Lineker]

Did you gloat?

[Micah Richards]

No. I had an interview afterwards, actually, and I was very calm, measured until the night out. I was giving it big licks. It was circle back then, wasn't it? Champagne was flowing.

[Gary Lineker]

Was Sergio with you?

[Micah Richards]

No, he wasn't, actually. He was all the English lads.

[Gary Lineker]

You do surprise me.

[Micah Richards]

I think David Silver might have come out that night as well.

[Gary Lineker]

Well, you've always said David likes it.

[Micah Richards]

Joe Art. We work with Joe Art now. Yeah, he was. He was there.

[Gary Lineker]

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[Alan Shearer]

Players score five in a game, guys.

[Gary Lineker]

Well, I. Yeah. Oh, have you done it? Haven't you?

[Micah Richards]

Of course he has.

[Alan Shearer]

Come on then. Who are the others?

[Gary Lineker]

How many are.

[Alan Shearer]

Let's have a little competition.

[Gary Lineker]

How many are there? Sergio Aguero was one. Alan Shearer two was another.

[Alan Shearer]

Sheffield Wednesday.

[Gary Lineker]

Sheffield Wednesday, yeah.

[Micah Richards]

Defo definitely has Defoe has. I know. Jekyll scored four in one game. I think that was against Spurs. Berbatov. Yeah, Berbatov has done it. Defoe, Shira Guerrero. It's not waza, is it?

[Gary Lineker]

No, no. Wayne Rooney hasn't done it.

[Alan Shearer]

And great finisher.

[Micah Richards]

Small.

[Alan Shearer]

No, I didn't know you'd said before. I've gone against it.

[Gary Lineker]

Andy Cole. Yeah.

[Micah Richards]

Oh, Cole.

[Gary Lineker]

Andy Cole.

[Micah Richards]

Andy. Andy Cole. How do you forget about him?

[Alan Shearer]

Yeah.

[Gary Lineker]

Yeah.

[Micah Richards]

Was that Newcastle? Oh, what was that?

[Gary Lineker]

United.

[Alan Shearer]

Man United. France.

[Micah Richards]

Yeah.

[Gary Lineker]

He could finish. Andy Cole was a great finisher, but. As was Sergio Guerrero, but. Yeah, so he joined that list. So what's it like to score five goals in a game then, Alan? Tell us. Yeah, tell us.

[Alan Shearer]

It's all right.

[Gary Lineker]

Yeah, tell us.

[Alan Shearer]

Mine were out two.

[Gary Lineker]

Oh, wasn't that the incident with the young lad?

[Alan Shearer]

Yeah. Paul Robinson with a penalty.

[Gary Lineker]

Yeah, Came on.

[Alan Shearer]

He came on. Didn't he try to take penalty off him?

[Gary Lineker]

Remember? Can you imagine as a young lad trying to go to our insurance? I. You're a bit nervous.

[Alan Shearer]

I'm on four goals. And he went and grabbed the ball, said, I'm taking the penalty.

[Micah Richards]

Who grabbed it?

[Alan Shearer]

There's a young boy called Paul Robinson. He went and grabbed the ball and said, can I. I want the penalty.

[Micah Richards]

What did you say?

[Alan Shearer]

Started with F, it ended with F.

[Gary Lineker]

Well, you got to admire his balls, though. I mean, imagine going up to anything.

[Alan Shearer]

I'm on four goals and give me the penalty. I want the penalty.

[Gary Lineker]

Sit back.

[Micah Richards]

Sit back.

[Gary Lineker]

Did you laugh?

[Alan Shearer]

I did have a little chuckle.

[Gary Lineker]

I bet you had a little chuckle.

[Alan Shearer]

Didn't you play the ballroom?

[Gary Lineker]

Yeah. Did you end his career?

[Alan Shearer]

I didn't end his career, but no. It was like, really? What are you doing, man?

[Gary Lineker]

Yeah.

[Alan Shearer]

You got no chance.

[Gary Lineker]

Yeah. I liked his hat trick goal in that one where he just little dinks over the goalkeeper.

[Micah Richards]

And Aguero's after this. It's Aguero. Well, that is a Sergio Aguero who has been striking fear into defences up and down the land. He has a hat trick.

[Gary Lineker]

You just know as a striker, you just know when that's the right finish every now and again. You know, some people say scoring's instinctive and stuff, and there's a degree of truth, but you just got to know what to do at a certain time.

[Micah Richards]

This was a great team.

[Gary Lineker]

He was very good at moving out and hitting it, wasn't he? Aguero?

[Alan Shearer]

Some good players in that team.

[Micah Richards]

I know De Bruyne.

[Gary Lineker]

Silva. Yeah.

[Micah Richards]

Silva and De Bruyne. Yeah, the same Fernandinho.

[Alan Shearer]

Fernandinho. Yeah.

[Gary Lineker]

Wow.

[Micah Richards]

Don't mention Zabaletto. I seen you look at.

[Alan Shearer]

I wasn't gonna.

[Gary Lineker]

Pablo. Pablo Zabaletta.

[Alan Shearer]

Come on.

[Gary Lineker]

Come on, Mike, you're over there.

[Micah Richards]

I'm over it now.

[Gary Lineker]

I mean, you know, but he was. I mean he was a quintessential box player, but he could also score the long range effort. I remember one at Chelsea that he got absolute stunner in the top corner. I think that was another six goal victory in that. That particular game. Just crashed through Azpilicueta and he kept.

[Micah Richards]

It for Aguero and Aguero had a hit and scored gloriously. Truly a fabulous goal from Sergio Aguero.

[Gary Lineker]

And obviously this is now the era of a certain Pep Guardiola.

[Alan Shearer]

It's a brilliant strike though, isn't it? Top bin.

[Micah Richards]

It's just. It doesn't need that much space. Just a little, little back lift, isn't it as well?

[Alan Shearer]

Yeah, look at that.

[Micah Richards]

Out of his feet. Bang.

[Gary Lineker]

Wow.

[Alan Shearer]

Bend on it a lot.

[Gary Lineker]

You've gone for the little blonde thing there. Didn't quite have the same effect that Beckham, David Beckham had with his. But what was he like as a bloke then?

[Micah Richards]

The nicest.

[Gary Lineker]

He was genuine. Yeah.

[Micah Richards]

Genuinely the nicest guy. He wasn't loud in the dressing room. Don't forget they had a lot of Spanish speaking players in the dressing room. David Silva. Yeah, Tevez. He would just keep himself to himself, but then he would come on a night out, but he wouldn't drink. So just professional, is he? I wouldn't say he's professional, I just. Yeah, I saw him in Abu Dhabi recently as well and he's. He's put a bit of timber, is he? Yeah, he's putting a bit of timber.

[Gary Lineker]

That's right.

[Micah Richards]

I tried to get him in for Ballers League, but then I looked at him.

[Gary Lineker]

I was quite ambitious, that one.

[Micah Richards]

That would have been. I mean.

[Gary Lineker]

I mean he just went, what?

[Micah Richards]

But what. What you see is what you get.

[Gary Lineker]

Yeah.

[Micah Richards]

Genuinely just a top human being.

[Gary Lineker]

It just. He just seemed like that and he.

[Micah Richards]

Arrived and we win the league straight away. Yeah, it was down to him.

[Gary Lineker]

Great goals and. Well, which brings us, doesn't it, to. I suppose, do you think this is the most iconic moment in Premier League football history?

[Alan Shearer]

I do.

[Gary Lineker]

And the Aguero.

[Micah Richards]

QPR are safe.

[Gary Lineker]

They don't know it yet.

[Micah Richards]

Donatelli Aguero, staggering, just staggering. He's won the league with 90 seconds of stoppage time to play.

[Gary Lineker]

I mean, it's extraordinary for him to.

[Alan Shearer]

Go to the last day, the last minute.

[Gary Lineker]

Joe Hart celebration. I think he's brilliant. And Mancini going. Everyone was going mental. You must have thought it was gone though, Micah lost.

[Micah Richards]

I thought it was dead and buried. Look at the memories there.

[Gary Lineker]

Yeah. Why are you there?

[Micah Richards]

You know full well where I am.

[Gary Lineker]

Sat on the bench, heated.

[Micah Richards]

Seats on the bench, heated.

[Gary Lineker]

Well, that's something. Yeah.

[Micah Richards]

Look at that moment, though. It's weird watching that moment over and over again, like, because the mood at the ground was just so up and.

[Gary Lineker]

Down and I've seen this moment thousands of times but I've just actually noticed that because, you know, Mario Balotelli, he's generally. Celebrations are kind of laid back. Yeah. He actually goes full off as well, even. I mean, obviously up the assist for it. Wasn't it his only assist at Man City or something? Silly.

[Micah Richards]

Yes.

[Alan Shearer]

Yeah.

[Gary Lineker]

It's quite an important one.

[Micah Richards]

But look at Aguero's touch though, before he shoots, you know, when he just knocks it to the side.

[Gary Lineker]

Yeah.

[Micah Richards]

So a lot.

[Gary Lineker]

And he's in the build up as well. Obviously a lot of players in the.

[Micah Richards]

Shop now, but that little touch, just.

[Alan Shearer]

To take it away and to go the keeper's near side rather than the far side.

[Gary Lineker]

You know, I think if I was Agueroge, I play that every day, every day, forever, for the rest of my life.

[Alan Shearer]

I think it is the most iconic mourn Premier League in terms of the commentary.

[Gary Lineker]

It's got to be, isn't it?

[Alan Shearer]

The importance and all of that thing. Yeah, yeah.

[Gary Lineker]

I remember being in the match of the Day office. Were you in there? Yeah, and we weren't there.

[Alan Shearer]

Everyone was gone.

[Gary Lineker]

There were loads of people were coming in because it was obviously building as a moment because I think there's one Man United fan in the room and everyone else was just neutral, really. Neutral, pretty much. I think there might have been one City fan or something. So we're all sitting there, we're going, oh, my God, they're blowing it, they're blowing it, they're going to blow it. And then they get a goal back and you think, oh, this could be. And then that happened and pretty much everyone was fairly neutral.

[Micah Richards]

Yeah.

[Gary Lineker]

Oh, there must have been 15 people in there. Remember, everyone in the room just went absolutely mad. Not that we, you know, preferred the City win over United or United to win over City, but it was just that absolute moment. Oh, my God, what's just happened? Yeah.

[Alan Shearer]

And we were also looking at the pictures of Man United at Sunderland.

[Micah Richards]

Sunderland.

[Alan Shearer]

Yeah, it was.

[Gary Lineker]

Yeah. And they were waiting for the result. They thought they'd won it.

[Micah Richards]

Yeah, yeah, Fergie, I know, but you remember the clip before, though, where Mancini's telling everyone to F off. So when QPR scored. Mancini's telling all the players to your own players. Yeah, like you. Because he thinks we don't.

[Gary Lineker]

So he's blaming the players, basically. Yeah.

[Micah Richards]

How can you not beat QPR at home? And afterwards you see that he's just the emotion that went through him and he was just so honest. Mancini. A lot of players didn't like Mancini, but I absolutely loved it because he was just honest. He would just tell you how it is. Like if he's shit, he would say he's shit. And if you needed a pat on the back, you got a pat on the back.

[Gary Lineker]

I saw Wayne Rooney talking about this moment recently and it was all. Did you see it?

[Micah Richards]

Yeah.

[Gary Lineker]

He suggested that QPR through it a little bit.

[Micah Richards]

Absolute nonsense.

[Gary Lineker]

I mean, Barton got sent off, didn't he?

[Micah Richards]

Yeah.

[Gary Lineker]

Which gave you a little bit of hope. But he was almost made a maneuver plane that they suddenly became safe because the results at the bottom. And then he was making out that.

[Micah Richards]

Maybe it was something untoward, where they'd been told that they were safe. Yeah. But they didn't stop playing. No. Like they didn't stop playing. No.

[Gary Lineker]

I just thought I'd give you the right to come back at Mr. Rooney.

[Micah Richards]

I think WAZA was just. It was one of those days.

[Gary Lineker]

He's winding up.

[Micah Richards]

He's on the wind up. He knows full well. You know what, I'll be having words about the BBC. Don't worry about that. He's had enough titles. Leave some for us. Yeah.

[Gary Lineker]

Okay. To finish this episode, where does he rank, do you think, in the list of Premier League number nines? Let's say an out and out number nines. I mean, you'd have Al. You and probably Kane, Harland, people like that.

[Micah Richards]

Drogba.

[Gary Lineker]

I mean, there's been so many Van Pers. You've been there.

[Alan Shearer]

Yeah.

[Gary Lineker]

As well, obviously.

[Micah Richards]

Number 10, though, wasn't he? Who could play number nine?

[Gary Lineker]

I don't know. He was still. I mean, he could do a bit of both.

[Micah Richards]

He could do hybrid for calling it.

[Gary Lineker]

Yeah. As could someone like Rooney. Obviously could play in pretty much anywhere.

[Alan Shearer]

Do you have him in your top five?

[Gary Lineker]

Definitely. He'd be in my top ten. I'm saying I might have him in my top five, but definitely.

[Micah Richards]

Okay, so we're doing a list or we're not doing a list. So who's who's number one at the moment.

[Alan Shearer]

Thierry.

[Micah Richards]

Okay. Yeah, but it wasn't a number. Number.

[Gary Lineker]

It wasn't a nine.

[Micah Richards]

Nine.

[Gary Lineker]

I wouldn't say Thierry was a nine. I'm talking about out and out nines. You, Kane, Harland Drogbo, people like Andy Cole.

[Micah Richards]

Andy Cole. Cole was good Yorkie.

[Gary Lineker]

No, Dwight Yorkie, I think, was a bit more of a 10. So I go out and out nines.

[Alan Shearer]

I probably.

[Gary Lineker]

I think I'd have Al in my top 10, but I think. Yeah, I don't know. I think probably. I think Kane's more than an out and out. No, I mean, he's a 10, but he's also a 9.

[Micah Richards]

Really?

[Gary Lineker]

You know, but yeah, probably. You'd have to have Al as the.

[Micah Richards]

Record goals per game ratio, though. Sergio was, like, the best. He's the best. Yeah. Sergio.

[Gary Lineker]

Top five.

[Micah Richards]

Top three for me.

[Gary Lineker]

Top three.

[Micah Richards]

So he's got to go in. Yeah, okay. At least.

[Gary Lineker]

Well, fair enough. Yeah, fair enough. That's a good way to finish it. This episode of the Rest is football. Goodbye from me.

[Micah Richards]

Goodbye for me.

[Alan Shearer]

Goodbye from me.