Ranking the top five commentators in world football

2. Martin Tyler

Martin Tyler is most famous for his commentary during Sergio Aguero's goal in 2012

Sergio Aguero’s title-winning goal against Queens Park Rangers on the final day of the 2011-12 Premier League season is incomplete without Martin Tyler’s screeching commentary in the background. The Englishman, who lifted the roof up with his famous “Aguerooooooooo” has been one of football’s most celebrated commentators in all of history.

At 74, Tyler is a full-time commentator, the default voice in the EA Sports’ FIFA video game series and the assistant manager of Woking FC, who participate in the fifth-tier of English football.

Throughout his career, Tyler has worked with Premier League Productions, Sky Sports, SBS (Australia) and Fox in the United States. For fans old and new, he has always been the voice of football. In 2003, he was voted as the Commentator of the Decade by the English Football Association.

Some of his most iconic pieces of commentary include Federico Macheda’s winner against Aston Villa, Ryan Giggs’ solo goal against Arsenal in the 1999 FA Cup final, Didier Drogba’s incredible header to take the 2011-12 Champions League final into extra time, David Beckham’s free-kick against Greece in the 2002 World Cup and the list can go on.

Throwback to Aguero’s unforgettable goal v QPR.#Agueroooooooooooo pic.twitter.com/qlhDD6itbr

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But perhaps, what he is most famously known for around the globe is his brilliant work on Aguero’s title-winner. In a documentary released by Manchester City in 2017 to commemorate that historic day, Tyler said:

“It was like a Hollywood feature film. After I said ‘Aguero’ with a lot of o’s at the end, there was a period of silence. That’s partly because pictures tell stories better than words and the fact that Mark Hughes, the following night, told me that it was the noisiest moment in a football ground that he had ever experienced.”

In recent years, Tyler has attracted heavy scrutiny and criticism for his lacklustre commentary in many high-profile games and one could say that his best years might be behind him. For all his legacy, however, he remains one of the sport’s most illustrious commentators of all time.