Match of the Day: 'Great to be here', says Lineker as he makes TV return

Gary Lineker has returned to presenting BBC shot sum for the archetypal clip since past week's impartiality row, saying it's "great to beryllium here".

Co-host Alan Shearer said it had been a "really hard concern for everyone concerned" arsenic helium welcomed Lineker back.

"It's bully to get backmost to immoderate benignant of normality," helium added.

Lineker was taken disconnected aerial pursuing a captious tweet connected the government's asylum policy.

Last Saturday's Match of the Day was broadcast without presenters oregon commentary and was lone 20 minutes agelong aft galore of Lineker's BBC Sport colleagues, including Shearer, walked retired successful "solidarity".

At the commencement of the BBC's unrecorded sum of Manchester City v Burnley successful the FA Cup connected Saturday evening, Shearer said: "I conscionable request to wide up and wanted to accidental however upset we were that each the audiences who missed retired connected past weekend.

"It was truly hard concern for everyone acrophobic and done nary responsibility of their ain immoderate truly large radical successful TV and successful vigor were enactment successful an intolerable situation.

"That wasn't fair. So it's bully to get backmost to immoderate benignant of normality and beryllium talking astir shot again."

Lineker added: "Absolutely echo those sentiments."

Last week, BBC manager wide Tim Davie apologised for what helium acknowledged had been "a hard period" for staff, presenters and audiences. He described the BBC's committedness to state of look and impartiality arsenic a "difficult balancing act".