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17th Sep 2013

Pic: Somehow TV3 thought Manchester United went 5-0 up on aggregate tonight

As far as we know, the group stages are not two-legged affairs but someone in the TV3 graphics department didn’t.

JOE

As far as we know, the group stages are not two-legged affairs but someone in the TV3 graphics department didn’t.

It’s the first night of the Champions League 2013-14 so just as teams are ironing out some wrinkles, it seems that the broadcasters are too.

The very first live goal on TV3’s coverage for this season, Wayne Rooney’s volley against Bayer Leverkusen, produced a rather strange on-screen graphic.

United TV3 graphic

Spotted by eagle-eyed Ger Costello, we assume it was a Europe-wide problem and not just a TV3 one. We’ll put it down to teething problems on opening night.

And for the record, it is 3-1 now to Manchester United…

Update: And it ended 4-2 to United…

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