Gabby Logan made an awkward mistake during Prime Video's Champions League coverage on Tuesday night, confusing Liverpool superstar Mohamed Salah's name with Mo Farah.
The new host of BBC Match of the Day was covering Liverpool's match against Lille at Anfield when she incorrectly referred to Salah as Mo Farah. Logan presented the European match alongside experts Robbie Fowler, Luis Garcia and Daniel Sturridge on the pitch.
At half-time, after Salah had given the hosts a 1-0 lead in the first half, the 51-year-old presenter made a mistake during the transition to the adverts. Commenting on the Egyptian striker's key contribution, which saw him deftly fire Curtis Jones' precise through ball over advancing goalkeeper Lucas Chevalier, Logan said: “Mo Farah smells blood.”
Of course, Farah is not part of Arne Slot's formidable Liverpool attack. The retired 41-year-old is the most successful male long-distance runner in the history of athletics, having won four Olympic and six world titles during his impressive career.
Salah, on the other hand, is considered one of the best strikers of all time in the Premier League. His goal against Lille was his 22nd in 31 games in all competitions this season.
Logan's blunder was rare; she is regarded as one of the best presenters in the country and was named one of the new Match of the Day presenters earlier this month, the Express reports. She will join forces with Kelly Cates and Mark Chapman to succeed Gary Lineker as the cornerstone of BBC's MOTD from next season.
Logan is no stranger to this role and clearly understands the magnitude of the task of presenting the BBC's flagship football programme. She expressed the seriousness of her new role upon her appointment, saying: “There is a huge responsibility to ensure we continue to evolve whilst respecting the traditions of Match of the Day.
“Everyone understands the history of the program and the continued large audience that watches it. It also has more to offer – we know how strong the digital offering is, and Match of the Day is really relevant to that audience too.”
With viewers' expectations in mind, she noted: “People want to see the goals, they want to see the incidents, they want to see the moments everyone is talking about, so while we can tinker around the edges, the core is the football . “
Before Logan became a real announcer, she was a gymnast and has experienced the thrill of Match of the Day before, remembering her emotions when she intervened earlier. She said: “One of the first things I did when I came to the BBC was to take part in Match of the Day, and at that moment, as I sat in that chair in the old BBC studio in London and heard the music , it was a real hair-on-the-neck moment.”
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