Robbie Savage forced to apologise live on TNT Sports after ‘sounding like he is getting choked out’ during Man Utd clash
ROBBIE SAVAGE had to apologise for his croaky voice during TNT Sports coverage of Manchester United vs Porto.
The retired pro was part of the commentary team as United played out a thrilling 3-3 draw with the Portuguese giants in the Europa League.
Straight from the off Savage appeared to be finding it hard to talk, struggling to sound his usual best after seemingly losing his voice.
And after a while of croaking his way through the game, Savage felt the need to apologise live on air after a busy week of commentaries.
He said: “I do apologise for my voice. I was at Bayer Leverkusen on Tuesday and Atalanta last night and a delayed flight today.
“But it’s still a pleasure to be here for a wonderful, wonderful game. A huge game.”
Fans watching on from home were finding the whole ordeal entertaining, taking to social media to react.
One wrote: “Robbie Savage apologising for his voice being all gravelly after a few long shifts. No need to say sorry king, we’ve all been there”.
While another added: “Robbie Savage is doing his best Sean Dyche impression tonight.”
A third teased: “Not sure what’s worse, United’s collapse of Robbie Savage’s voice tonight.”
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And a fourth joked: “Why does Robbie Savage sounds like he’s getting proper choked out”.
Savage certainly had plenty of action to talk through as Man Utd threw away a 2-0 lead in the first half to play out a thoroughly entertaining 3-3 draw.
Marcus Rashford‘s first half magic put Erik ten Hag‘s side ahead after he scored just seven minutes into the clash and then set up Rasmus Hojlund for a second on the 20 minute mark.
But things soon went downhill when Porto grabbed two back before the break through Pepe and Samu Omorodion.
Despite his dazzling contribution in the first 45 minutes, Rashford was hooked at half-time by Erik ten Hag.
And that decision didn’t only cost United some attacking impotence, but also saw them concede a third just five minutes into the second half when Omorodion bagged again.
Things went from bad to worse for the Red Devils when Bruno Fernandes was sent off for two yellow cards – his second red in as many matches.
But Harry Maguire came to the rescue with an injury time equaliser that levelled the scores to three a piece and saved a point for United on the road.