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"The backside of a racehorse" - Kenny Cunningham's tribute to Matt Le Tissier's greatness

Tonight on Off The Ball, Joe has the pleasure of chatting to Premier League legend Matt Le Tissie...
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20.15 15 Sep 2015


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"The backside of a racehorse" - Kenny Cunningham's tribute to Matt Le Tissier's greatness

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Tonight on Off The Ball, Joe has the pleasure of chatting to Premier League legend Matt Le Tissier tonight.

Former Ireland, Sunderland and Birmingham City defender Kenny Cunningham was on the show tonight to look ahead to the Champions League fixtures and gave a personal take on the Southampton great.

"He had no pace but the backside of a racehorse. You couldn't get around him and that's not a huge criticism," he chuckled.

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"People talk about the greats of the Premiership and the likes of Shearer and Fowler and rightly so. That lad doesn't too often get a mention but he should because he's up there. I always say to people, if you're to put your five or ten best goals onto video tape, I don't think anybody would beat Matt Le Tissier in terms of the spectacular nature of the goals that he scored. He was an absolutely brilliant player - technique phenomenal - just an outstanding talent and I think under-appreciated during the course of his career - but not by me and the other defenders who had to get round that backside of his."


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