Gary Neville roasted online for 'funniest thing' in commentary hiccup as Arsenal score against Chelsea

Sky Sports pundit Gary Neville has been roasted online as he struggled to commentate on a goal scored by Gabriel Martinelli for Arsenal against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Sunday evening in what the internet has labelled the ‘funniest thing’.

The Manchester United legend is covering the match in West London and was called into action as the Gunners winger prodded home after 60 minutes against their London rivals to put Arsenal 1-0 up - although his goal was cancelled out by a Pedro Neto shot from distance just 10 minutes later.

As Neville tried to break down the goal for viewers, he struggled to get his words out with long seconds of embarrassing silence featuring on the Sky Sports coverage. As the former full-back spluttered, Peter Drury eventually jumped in to joke that: “Gary Neville will be sponsored by a well known brand of throat lozenge.”

It didn’t take long for football fans online to chime in on the Neville hiccup. One user on social media platform X joked: “The goal is even sweeter if it means Gary Neville has lost his voice and we hear less from him.”

Meanwhile another jibed that they “cheered more when Gary Neville’s voice went than when Arsenal scored” and another demanded that “somebody get Gary Neville a lozenge”. One person wrote: “Gary Neville deciding to hit puberty 25 seconds into the Arsenal goal is superb…”

When he did manage to get his thoughts on the Martinelli goal out, he was critical of the Chelsea defence for trying to play the pacey winger offside in the run-up to the chance. He said: "He's been the danger man... my voice has gone. Martinelli has been the one Arsenal forward that I think has stood up today. The question is was he onside? Colwill has gone back in, I'm not sure why the three defenders are playing offside and held the line on the edge of the box.

"Odegaard, a player they've missed, has found that pass. The goalkeeper will be questioned, it's quite close to him. He just lets that in at the near post. That's a big goal. City have let them off the hook, Liverpool are moving ahead of them, they've got to get going.”