A BBC pundit was told off during the coverage of Chelsea’s FA Cup victory over Wrexham.
Former Red Dragons star was on punditry duty at his old stomping ground.
Micah Rochards told off Ben Tozer during the coverage of Wrexham vs ChelseaCredit: BBC
Tozer played 131 times for Wrexham during his playing daysCredit: Getty
Tozer, 36, retired from in May 2025 after a short spell with Forest Green Rovers.
He has now taken up work with the as a pundit and was the ideal candidate to speak about Wrexham ahead of the tie.
But Tozer was unable to stay impartial as he stated they would all be celebrating local pub should the pull off an upset.
The moment came just as co-pundit was hyping up the atmosphere in the Racecourse Ground.
Speaking on the BBC, Richards said: “The crowd is jumping. I am loving the atmosphere in here today. “
Tozer said: “We will all be in The Turf celebrating with them. It will be amazing.”
After the comment, Richards was jokingly told off Tozer for clearly having a bias.
Richards joked: “You’ve got to be impartial now you’re a pundit.”
put in a brave performance and were just inches from forcing the tie to a penalty shootout.
Sam Smith gave the hosts the lead in the first half before forced in an own goal.
restored the lead just 12 minutes from full-time but saved the Blues’ blushes.
Garnacho then netted the decisive goal in extra-time but the hosts thought they had made it 3-3.
Lewis Brunt headed in from a yard out but VAR was forced to rule out the goal due to the ace being just offside.
Joao Pedro added some gloss to the win for .
Smith’s opener was checked by VAR as he managed to beat the offside trap.
But Hollywood owners by the implementation of VAR, having not encountered it before.
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