Alan Shearer intervened and told Gary Lineker to "stop" after he shared a Premier League conspiracy theory following the draw between Everton and Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Everton's fight to avoid relegation into the Championship will go down to the final day of the season after Yerry Mina scored a dramatic equaliser deep into stoppage time against Wolves at Molineux on Saturday afternoon.
Sean Dyche’s side looked on course for a damaging defeat until Mina scored nine minutes into added time. The result was enough to keep the Blues out of the relegation zone.
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However, speaking on Match of the Day on Saturday night, Lineker couldn’t help but note that there may be a conspiracy theory to help relegate Leicester City given how they will play four Monday night matches in a row when they take on Newcastle United at St. James' Park.
"For some of us, it makes awfully grim reading, but we’ll have a gander nevertheless," Lineker said. "Congratulations [to Forest], I’m thrilled for you. I really, genuinely am.
"Huge game [on Sunday], Leeds v West Ham. Leicester obviously play on Monday against Newcastle. Again, it’s four Mondays on the bounce, so I don’t know whether this is some kind of plan to make sure Leicester go down. Conspiracy theory there."
To which former Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle forward Shearer replied: "Oh, stop it."
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