Ralf Rangnick previews Man Utd's clash with Southampton
BT Sport presenter Jake Humphrey has taken a swipe at Manchester United’s food offering after appearing to sarcastically thank the club for his meal of scrambled egg and mashed potato. The Red Devils drew 1-1 with Southampton in Saturday's early kick-off.
BT Sport presenter Jake Humphrey (left) has taken a swipe at Manchester United’s food offering (Image: BT SPORT)
“Scrambled egg and mashed potato,” wrote the presenter. “Wow. Thanks for lunch @ManUtd.” The former children’s presenter then added an emoji of a laughing face.
Humphrey wasn’t finished there and continued to shame United when he posted a picture of the BT Sport studio during a Manchester City match.
In that picture, an array of delicious sandwiches can be seen on the table, alongside two huge plates of chips.
The 43-year-old accompanied his second tweet with the wording: “PS - How your neighbours do it,” next to a winking face emoji.
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Humphrey and his BT Sport colleagues are obviously used to receiving top-notch meals during their coverage of Premier League matches up and down the country.
United are one of the biggest clubs in the world and television presenters might expect to be treated to top-of-the-range meals during their trips to Old Trafford.
But on this occasion it appears that Humphrey was left bitterly disappointed with his lunch.
Humphrey's tweets were clearly brought to the attention of United chiefs as the presenter later posted a picture of a juicy steak and golden potato wedges he'd been given, with the caption: “Ah that’s better. Thanks guys.”
United were held to a 1-1 draw by Premier League basement boys Burnley in midweek and were hoping to get back to winning ways against the Saints.
Ralf Rangnick recalled blockbuster striker Cristiano Ronaldo to his starting line-up, with United looking to move ahead of West Ham in the Premier League table.
Manchester United winger Jadon Sancho put his side ahead against Southampton on Saturday (Image: GETTY)
And the home side took the lead after 21 minutes as Jadon Sancho turned in Marcus Rashford’s delicious cross.
Paul Pogba then thought he had added a second just before the break, but his effort was chalked off after Ronaldo had strayed offside before teeing-up the France international.
United actually found themselves on the backfoot for large spells of the first half as David de Gea was called into action on a number of occasions.
And the 13-times Premier League champions were made to pay as Che Adams levelled for Southampton minutes after the interval.
United were unable to find a winner in the second period and they remain fifth in the Premier League table.