LFCTV was forced to apologise after broadcasting a gruesome injury suffered by Como player Alberto Dossena during a pre-season friendly against Liverpool.
The Serie A side faced Liverpool in a behind-closed-doors match at the Reds' Kirkby Training Centre before the main friendly at Anfield. The 70-minute encounter gave players such as Federico Chiesa, Alexis Mac Allister and Victor Munoz valuable minutes.
The match was halted after Dossena fell awkwardly on his hand following an aerial challenge with James McConnell and Will Wright. A camera close-up showed his horribly dislocated finger.
Broadcast apology
Lead LFCTV commentator John Bradley said: "That's a nasty landing. We might need a little stoppage here to get the medical team on. Well yes there you go, he's dislocated his finger."
Co-commentator Natashia Dowie added: "Woah that's not nice," before Hunter continued: "Apologies if you are just trying to have your lunch or if you're in, who knows, San Diego having a very early breakfast. Sometimes you just see things that make you squirm."
Dossena, 27, continued for the remaining six minutes after receiving treatment and being bandaged up. The goalless draw lacked clear-cut chances, though summer signing Munoz and young midfielder Trey Nyoni impressed for the hosts.
Second friendly
For the second fixture, Andoni Iraola fielded a stronger starting line-up, handing new arrival Jeremy Jacquet his first outing of pre-season alongside skipper Virgil van Dijk. Jacquet scored on his debut, 21 minutes after Cody Gakpo had found the net.
Recent loan signing Ronald Araujo was named on the bench, joined by Lewis Koumas, Munoz, Nyoni, Wright and Mor Talla Ndiaye, all of whom had featured in the earlier match.
Speaking ahead of the two friendlies, Iraola said: "This will be a very good, and very important, test for us as we finalise our preparations for the new Premier League season. Despite the result, last weekend's game against Monaco brought plenty of positives and plenty of learnings for myself and my staff."
He added: "The first half, and the first 30 minutes in particular, was very pleasing. It was good to see Alexander Isak getting on the scoresheet and looking sharp, and I saw a lot of good things both with and without the ball. The problem we had, as we had against Leeds in Chicago, was that we were not able to sustain our levels and that is something that can only happen with time, and with a lot of hard work on the training ground."
