Social media reacts to Brenton Speed tearing up over Martin Tyler praise

It was a moment that will live forever in the mind of Riley McGree. The same can be said for commentator Brenton Speed. And for a hero of Brenton’s, Martin Tyler, it was a thing of beauty.

“I thought the commentary was excellent,” Tyler remarked.

“That’s going to be shown forever.

“A commentator’s nightmare is to have something that you don’t match up to and he certainly matched up to it.”

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Here’s how social media reacted:

The goalscorer himself was quick to give his thoughts on such emotional scenes. And many other tributes from the football world soon followed…