How to watch Premier League highlights without Match of the Day

Gary Lineker shown on screen during filming of Match of the Day in 2014, 50 years after the show was first broadcast.
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Match of the Day will be broadcast without presenter Gary Lineker this Saturday after the former England striker was removed from the show by the BBC following his criticism of the government on social media this week.

Lineker described the Conservatives' latest policy on migrant boats as "beyond awful" and "Immeasurably cruel", going on to add that the language employed was "not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the 30s".

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Ben Hayward
Weekend editor

Ben Hayward is the Weekend Editor of FourFourTwo. A European football writer and Tottenham Hotspur fan with over 15 years’ experience, he has covered games all over the world - including three World Cups, several Champions League finals, Euros, Copa America - and has spent much of that time in Spain. Ben speaks English and Spanish, currently dividing his time between Barcelona and London, covering all the big talking points of the weekend on FFT: he’s also written several list features and interviewed Guglielmo Vicario for the magazine.