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Ian Wright makes history on Match of the Day but Aston Villa fans left fuming with coverage of their win over Tottenham

, Ian Wright makes history on Match of the Day but Aston Villa fans left fuming with coverage of their win over Tottenham

IAN WRIGHT and Shaun Wright-Phillips made history as they became the first father and son duo on Match of the Day.

The pair joined host Gary Lineker, 62, on last night’s BBC show to analyse the day’s Premier League action.

Ian Wright [R] and son Shaun Wright-Phillips [L] were both on Match of the Day

They joined host Gary Lineker on the BBC show

Wright, 59, has been a regular on the show for years, while Wright-Phillips, 41 made his first-ever appearance on the programme.

The duo were confirmed on the line-up by Match of the Day earlier this week with many excited at the prospect of seeing their dynamics.

During the show, Lineker was keen to drop in as many jokes as possible during the how.

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The former Barcelona and Tottenham striker introduced them by saying, “We’ve got a Wright pair in the studio, Ian and Shaun. Welcome Shaun.”

The show started with an analysis of Leeds‘ 2-2 draw with Newcastle at Elland Road.

The pair agreed on their opinions of the game, which led Lineker to say: “It’s lovely when father and son agree.

“It doesn’t always happen. I know from my own experiences.”

One of the funniest moments came later in the show as Lineker read out that Taiwo Awoniyi was the first player to score consecutive braces for Nottingham Forest in the Premier League since 1995.

And he joked to Shaun: “You were in nappies and he was teaching you how to wee at that point.”

The two laughed before Lineker informed Shaun he was actually 14 in 1995.

Wright jokes: “He was still pretty small though! I remember!” 

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Wright-Phillips hit back with, “I’m actually tall right now!.” 

During the coverage of Tottenham’s defeat at Villa Park to Aston Villa was another great moment.

While Wright was giving his opinion on how Spurs should have taken advantage of Villa’s high defensive line, he was interrupted by his son.

Wright-Phillips said: “Dad are you just saying that because it’s Spurs right?”

To which Wright replied: “Did you see the offsides? If you made runs like that when you were younger, you’d be in serious trouble!”

, Ian Wright makes history on Match of the Day but Aston Villa fans left fuming with coverage of their win over Tottenham
However Aston Villa fans were not impressed with their coverage of the match against Tottenham

Leading to Lineker to break up the bickering with: “Let’s move on, we don’t want any domestics! I can’t believe you said that!”

But Villa fans watching were left fuming with the coverage of their match as they argued that the defense has been greatly improved since Unai Emery‘s arrival at the club.

One viewer tweeted: “Appalling analysis. Instead of praising the defensive high line (which has caught out the opposing teams over 90 times since Emery has taken charge), they instead criticise Spurs for not exposing it and instead saying Villa will get found out eventually.

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“Fresh punditry needed.”

A second said: “Thought the MOTD analysis was very poor villa controlled that game from start to finish, and all they could talk about was our high line.”

A third wrote: “Wow… how lucky were Villa today. Didn’t deserve the win, just lucky that Spurs were so bad.

“Not one mention of well Villa played….joke.”

A fourth added: “So Villa win, and all you can talk about is Spurs..typical”

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