PER MERTESACKER HAS always been affectionately known as the BFG — or the ‘Big F***in German’ — to Arsenal fans but on Saturday evening one over-zealous commentator used the nickname as Mertesacker headed in the Gunners’ third goal.
While it is an expression you would not regularly hear from English commentators, Germany’s Eurosport channel had no intention of blocking it out.
Advertisement
Arsenal claimed their second FA Cup in a row with a 4-0 win over Aston Villa thanks to goals from Theo Walcott, Alexis Sánchez, Mertesacker and substitute Olivier Giroud.
German TV commentator explains Mertesacker's BFG nickname for his viewers
PER MERTESACKER HAS always been affectionately known as the BFG — or the ‘Big F***in German’ — to Arsenal fans but on Saturday evening one over-zealous commentator used the nickname as Mertesacker headed in the Gunners’ third goal.
While it is an expression you would not regularly hear from English commentators, Germany’s Eurosport channel had no intention of blocking it out.
Arsenal claimed their second FA Cup in a row with a 4-0 win over Aston Villa thanks to goals from Theo Walcott, Alexis Sánchez, Mertesacker and substitute Olivier Giroud.
Do you watch Premier League games online? Well, we’re sorry to be the bearer of bad news
Newcastle called Ryan Taylor to release him – then asked him to pass the phone to Jonas
To embed this post, copy the code below on your site
FA Cup explicit Per Mertesacker Arsenal Aston Villa