In the opening episode of the renewed competition of the day, veteran expert Alan Shearer committed a striking on-air error.
The incident took place during the analysis of the show of Liverpool's 4-2 victory over Bournemouth on Friday, specifically when the Cherries scored their opening goal.
Shearer blamed Liverpool left Milos Kerkez in the structure of the goal, although the player had already been immersed four minutes earlier.
While the photo rolled, Shearer was visibly critical about the positioning of Kerkez and noted that he host Mark Chapman: “There is Kerkez, he is on his way to attack when they don't even have possess, which means he is five or six meters out of position.”
An image on the screen made the blunder aggravated by identifying the wrong defender, with a list of Kerkez instead of Andy Robertson, who actually made the entire back roll during the goal.
Social media broke out with fast-to-button and critical reactions.
One X user joked, 'Kerkez's positioning for Bournemouth's first goal was horrible. Until now from position, tracksuit on and the worst of all sitting down. '
Another wrote: 'What makes this worse is that it was analyzed a full 24 hours after the game had taken place. Lazy punditry or terrible bias. '
A third noticed: 'Alan Shearer has lost the plot. Also since [Gary] Lineker is gone, what is the point of really looking at Motd? '
This was just the opening week of a format overhaul – old host Gary Lineker is no longer part of the show, with presenters Mark Chapman, Gabby Logan and Kelly Cates who are now sharing tasks.
To this end, Match of the Day also introduced a fresh expert: Wayne Rooney, who closed deals a year in a reported £ 800,000 a year.
Lineker confirmed his departure from the BBC in May and apologized unconditionally after he was accused of anti -Semitism after sharing someone else's social media.
Before he was replaced on Friday, Kerkez had made a rather Underwhelming Premier League debut performance for Liverpool.
After the match, however, manager Arne Slot offered a explanation for his withdrawal, which explained that it was a precautionary measure because Kerkez was a booking away from the suspension.