The interview with Ten Hag was focused on his future with the team, with Lineker asking if it was his last game and Ten Hag responding that he doesn’t know. Ten Hag talked about his commitment to preparing and developing his team, and expressed pride in the progress they had made, acknowledging that they still have work to do. However, the interview ended awkwardly when Lineker made a light-hearted comment about seeing Ten Hag next season, to which Ten Hag didn’t respond with a laugh and instead left to celebrate.

Subsequently, some fans criticized Lineker and Shearer for their approach to the interview, feeling that they were unnecessarily combative and should have focused on acknowledging Ten Hag’s accomplishment of winning the FA Cup. One fan’s post pointed out that the interview felt like an ambush and that Ten Hag was right to fight back. In response to the criticism, Shearer defended the interview with a post of his own.