Sky Sports football pundit Graeme Souness says he has no regrets over his comments that sparked outrage after Sunday's Chelsea v Tottenham match.
Souness was branded "a disgrace" by some viewers after describing football as "a man's game" just weeks after England's women won Euro 2022 in front of nearly 90,000 fans at Wembley. The Liverpool legend was sat next to former Lionesses star and Chelsea Women's captain Karen Carney when making the comments, and she looked visibly uncomfortable. You can read more about what happened here.
Despite the efforts of presenter Dave Jones to rescue the situation by pointing out "it's a woman's game as well", Souness repeated himself when expressing his pleasure to have witnessed a combative affair that reminded him of how football used to be. He said: “I think we’ve got our football back, as I would enjoy football … men at it, blow-for-blow, and the referee letting them get on with it.”
