Martin Tyler's top 5 commentary gems

5) "It's Kanu, whats he gonna do? OOOOOH!"- Chelsea V Arsenal, Premier League.

A wet and almost washed out clash of London's two mega powers in 1999 is where we start our countdown of Martin Tyler, the voice of Sky Sports, best commentary lines ever. This, as many of Tylers best calls are, was assisted by a simply stunning game to have been broadcast over. With 15 minutes left, Arsene Wenger's team best known for its silky football, were stuck in the mud, away from home, 2-0 down to one of theyre fiercest rivals. Then Kanu stepped in. The lanky Nigerian had hit two already when he stepped around Chelsea's Estonian number one Ed De Goey and looked up. From the cutest of angles, all the striker could see was blue shirts back on the line, and rain in his eyes. With team mates marked in the box, he took the option all good strikers would, try and score an almost impossible goal, to finish your hat trick and become a club legend, and that he did. Immortalized not just for the goal, but by Tyler for saying exactly what we were all thinking, with a school boy excitement, but somehow professional cry.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyjeVOTzRbA

4) "Would you beleave it!?"- Arsenal V Everton, Premier League.Need i say more? Dying seconds at Arsenal's old Highbury ground, last game of the season, about to receive the trophy after an easy 3-0 win, what could be better? Oh i know, how about if your captain, recently back from a battle with alcohol addiction, completes his prodigal son like return by charging through the middle of the park, onto a through ball, and thumbs in a fourth. Even though he's a center half. It truly was an unwrightable script, allowing Tyler once again to some a moment up perfectly, in an instantly memorable, easily re callable and often imitated tone.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qD8w5d1V628

3) "Di Canio-oooooo!"- West Ham V Wimbledon, Premier League.There are some goals, so uniquely special, they stand the test of time. There are others, forever emblazoned onto your brain because of the quality of the commentary, or what they meant. This goal, was all of those things. Think about it, how many times have you been in a pub, talking about great goals, and tryed to explain this one by waving your arms about trying to replicate the "byclye" motion Di Canio's legs make here? Only to have it all end in "You know the one, Di Canio-oooooo". Yeah, that one. perhaps its because it was just a mid season game against Wimbledon, but this goal is often shrouded in "yeah who was that against " or "Oh yeah, when was that again?" But one thing it will always be, is that goal Martin Tyler said that about. In essence thats his job, and why he's so good at it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwL-QDZg2BY

2) "Balotelli........... Aguerooooooooooo"- Manchester City V QPR, Premier League.With personal bias taken aside, this falls to two. Now I was at this game, so I didnt actually hear the commentary until a day or so after, so i'll never truly appreciate what it was to hear that live, as the goal went in. What i can say for it though, is even though that was the single greatest moment of my life, and it happened without the commentary, even when i picture the goal from where i was standing, Martin Tylers voice is over the top, forever. It was so simple. All it is, is both players involved names, but it was so perfect. Somehow purely with the tone of his voice Tyler manages to some up the sheer desperation, disbelief and joy of the moment before, that, and just after the ball hit the net. It was pure bedlam, as was his commentary, ranting about how we'd never see anything like this ever again. The premier league title, won with two goals in added time, on the final game of the season. A perfect football story, yet somehow the commentary is worth remembering by itself.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAZ3SmiSFfg

1) "Gerrard" "Ooooooooooooh ya beautyyyyyyy!"- Liverpool V Olympiakos, Champions League.I dont remember a goal this talked about during my whole 5 years of comprehensive school. Yes, its a wonder goal, that saved Liverpool from elimination in the group stages of a Champions League they would go on to win that season. Yes it was a 90th minute winner for a team that trailed 2-0 at half time, but the reason everyone loves this goal, is the commentary. You can argue this is far from all Tyler, Andy Gray does indeed make this what it was, I just thought despite his embarrassing and justified sacking from Sky Sports, credit was due for the fantastic double act these two were. BBC and Itv coverage of England internationals is almost unbearable  mainly down to the shameless and unapologetic bias and arrogance. This is something Sky only seem to replicate while English teams are playing in Europe, but they even get away with that. It's less"It's our channel and we'll big up our team as much as we want" and more "thats how me and the boys reacted" It's familiar, jovial, genuine. Passion for the game should just flow over the top like that, especially in such dramatic moments, its a clear and deserved number one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvMfq4OGnRc

One day Martin Tyler will have to call it a career, and what a sad day that will be. In a time when football coverage is becoming more and more difficult to sit through (perhaps a ploy from clubs to get fans to pay outrages ticket prices to actually go to games) Tyler is just what you need. He dosent over analyse things, or overdue it with his own opinion, he just allows football to be the entertainment, and he the compliment. Truth be told theirs no point me going on forever and a day about Martin Tyler, as his words will always tell you more about him than mine, and there just a quick youtube search away, whether you intentionally seek them out, or find them attached to a classic premier league moment.