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07th Apr 2015

Vine: Martin Tyler almost ended himself as Christian Benteke went for the winner against QPR

Crying shame this one wasn't on the box

Gareth Makim

This would have gone down in the ‘AGGUERRRROOOOOOOOO!!!!’ Hall of Fame if Benteke had scored

Aston Villa and QPR played out a thrilling relegation battle this evening, slugging their way to a 3-3 draw at Villa Park that nobody actually saw because it wasn’t on the telly.

Well, Martin Tyler was on commentary for someone, and this clip gives us some idea of the excitement the rest of us missed.

Christian Benteke, who already had his name on the match ball after a stunning hat-trick (so we’re told), shaped to attempt a late winner and Tyler almost exploded in one of his trademark yelps.

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