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 BBC Match of the Day host was covering Liverpool's match against Lille at Anfield when she mistakenly referred to Salah as Mo Farah. Logan was presenting the European match alongside pundits Robbie Fowler, Luis Garcia and Daniel Sturridge pitchside.
At half-time, after Salah had put the hosts 1-0 up in the first half, the 51-year-old presenter made a slip-up while transitioning into the adverts. Commenting on the Egyptian forward's key contribution, where he deftly chipped Curtis Jones' precise through ball over the advancing goalkeeper Lucas Chevalier, Logan said: "Mo Farah is smelling blood."
Of course, Farah isn't 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 throughout his distinguished career.
Salah, on the other hand, is regarded as one of the Premier League's all-time great forwards. His goal against Lille was his 22nd in 31 games in all competitions this season.
Logan's gaffe was a rare one; she is considered one of the country's top presenters and was named among the new Match of the Day hosts earlier this month, reports the Express. She will join forces with Kelly Cates and Mark Chapman to succeed Gary Lineker as the cornerstone of BBC's MOTD starting next season.
Logan is no stranger to the role, and clearly understands how big a job presenting the BBC's flagship football programme is. She expressed the gravity of her new role upon her appointment, saying: "There's an enormous responsibility to make sure we continue to evolve while at the same time respecting the traditions of Match of the Day.
"Everybody understands the history of the programme and the consistently huge audiences that watch it. It has more to offer as well – 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 remarked, "People want to see the goals, they want to see the incidents, they want to see the moments everyone's talking about, so while we can tinker at the edges, the core is the football."
Before becoming a broadcasting stalwart, Logan was a gymnast and has experienced the thrill of Match of the Day before, recalling her emotions when stepping in previously. She said: "One of the first things I did when I came to the BBC was fill in on Match of the Day, and at that point when I was in that chair at the old BBC studio in London and hearing the music, it was a real hairs-on-the-back-of-the-neck moment."