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Amazon Prime Video host Gabby Logan forced to apologise seconds into Arsenal v PSG coverage after huge broadcast blunder
Logan was joined by some legends as she delivered apology
GABBY LOGAN was forced to apologise after Amazon Prime Video's live coverage of Arsenal vs Paris Saint-Germain was hit by a huge blunder.
The Gunners take on the French kings in tonight's Champions League match at the Emirates.
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And it marks one of the new-look group stage's most exciting games, with a host of top stars on either side.
However, Arsenal fans were left seething after Prime Video suffered a big error.
The beginning of the preview show had been billed as 6.30pm.
But as the clock struck the designated the time, the programme did not start.
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The next half hour also continued to be blank.
And it was only at 7pm that the action began, forcing host Logan into a grovelling apology live on air.
The late start meant that fans were not treated to team news, which landed over an hour before the 8pm kick-off.
And a sheepish Logan was forced to face the music as fans eagerly awaited an explanation.
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Joining Frank Lampard, Clarence Seedorf and Daniel Sturridge at pitch side, she turned to the camera seconds into the start of the show.
Logan said: "Apologies, we are a little later than planned."
But fans watching from home did not seem amused.
One said: "Prime not going well, says live from 6.30pm and nowhere to be seen."
Another declared: "Amazon fix your Arsenal stream."
One noted: "Get the match on!"
Another added: "Like their deliveries, turn up late or wait until tomorrow!"
New Champions League format is a snorefest
By Dan King
UEFA sold the idea of expanding the Champions League from 32 to 36 teams, with each playing eight games instead of six in the opening phase, as a way of creating more competitiveness and excitement.
The biggest clubs would have two matches against their peers, rather than having to wait until the knockout stage to meet.
The smaller clubs would meet teams of a similar level twice and have a chance of tasting victory that was so hard to achieve if you were the bottom seed in a group of four.
Ignoring for a moment the fact that the real motivation was the simple equation of more games = more money, the theory itself already looks flawed.
None of the matches between European giants has delivered a compelling contest yet.
And why would they? At the start of the long season with more matches in it, why would any team with ambitions to win things in the spring, go out all guns blazing in the autumn?
Especially when they know they have six games NOT against big sides to make sure they accrue enough points to qualify at least for the play-off round (and even more games).
There is even less jeopardy than before.
Read the full column on the Champions League format fail and why everyone - including YOU - needs a rethink.
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