Match of the Day was cut back to 30 minutes last night after just one Premier League game beat a flurry of Covid postponements.
Highlights of Leeds-Arsenal got exclusivity as Aston Villa-Burnley was called off yesterday afternoon, adding to earlier cancellations of games at Manchester United, Southampton, West Ham and Watford.
Presenter Gary Lineker humorously tweeted that nobody could complain about the show’s running order while pundit Danny Murphy revealed the lighter workload had allowed him to do some Christmas shopping before the 5.30pm kick-off at Elland Road.
‘I’d normally get in for midday to begin a 12-hour day but yesterday I was able to nip over to the Lowry Centre, buy a few presents and comfortably get into the studio for four o’clock,’ said Murphy.