Sky Sports pundit Graeme Souness made an awkward on-air gaffe by calling football “a man’s game” while sitting alongside fellow pundit Karen Carney.
The cliche “a man’s game” is used to justify perceptions of physicality within football and to highlight that it is a contact sport. The implication is that men should be used to physical contact and women should not be, even if the comment may have been a throwaway remark by the experienced pundit.
The saying was used after Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel clashed with Tottenham counterpart Antonio Conte on the sidelines during the fiery encounter at Stamford Bridge and after the game ended, with Spurs netting a last-minute equaliser to rescue a dramatic and controversial draw.
