‘Sabotage’ on Match of the Day set as moaning mobile phone discoveredBy PA Sport StaffGary Lineker revealed the loud moaning noises heard during the BBC’s live coverage of the FA Cup clash between Wolves and Liverpool were caused by a hidden mobile phone “taped to the back of the set”. Lineker looked momentarily startled by the prank and struggled to keep a straight face thereafter as he cut to colleague and fellow former England striker Alan Shearer in the commentary gantry. Lineker tried to laugh off the incident as the noise continued to blare out and said to Shearer: “Somebody’s sending something on someone’s phone, I think. I don’t know whether you heard it at home.”Once the match had begun, Lineker revealed the cause, tweeting a picture of a mobile phone and three laughing emojis alongside the words: “Well, we found this taped to the back of the set. A BBC spokeperson said on Twitter: “We apologise to any viewers offended during the live coverage of the football this evening.

Source: Irish Independent January 18, 2023 04:32 UTC