BBC airbrush Joe Aribo as Rangers man gets winning assist
(Top L-R) Nigeria's goalkeeper Maduka Okoye, forward Taiwo Awoniyi, defender Kenneth Omeruo, midfielder Wilfred Ndidi, midfielder Joe Aribo, defender William Troost-Ekong, (bottom L-R) forward Kelechi Iheanacho, defender Ola Aina, defender Zaidu Sanusi, forward Moses Simon and forward Samuel Chukwueze pose prior to the Group D Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) 2021 football match between Nigeria and Egypt at Stade Roumde Adjia in Garoua on January 11, 2022. (Photo by Daniel BELOUMOU OLOMO / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL BELOUMOU OLOMO/AFP via Getty Images)
Rangers fans are today in amused disbelief after the BBC completely whitewashed Joe Aribo’s sensational display v Egypt, including winning assist, and instead focused only on Leicester’s Kelechi Iheanacho with the winning goal and how poor Liverpool’s Mo Salah was.
Of course, we shouldn’t be in any way surprised by the BBC doing this, but this was the national version and not just Pacific Quay, and of course you can be darn sure had that been a Celtic or England-based player with the assist, it would have been highlighted strongly.
But no, just the scorer instead.
Rangers and the BBC have, naturally, a poor relationship going back years to Chris McLaughlin’s dreadful coverage of us and Mark Daly’s lying documentaries, but their remit is fair, impartial and honest coverage. Indeed, it’s in their own guidelines.
And to completely airbrush Aribo’s moment from the match in which he played very well in a slightly deeper defensive midfield position was as predictable as it was disappointing.
No one likes us…