Mark Lawrenson suffers slip of the tongue and calls Everton's Steven Pienaar 'penis' on TV

Gaffe: Mark Lawrenson slipped up when trying to say the name of Steven Pienaar (pictured)
Vaishali Bhardwaj10 January 2016

Mark Lawrenson suffered an unfortunate slip of the tongue during his punditry duties for BBC's Match of the Day on Saturday after he accidentally called Everton's Steven Pienaar 'penis' live on TV.

The veteran broadcaster made the slip as he talked to presenter Gabby Logan about Everton's form of late following the Toffees' 2-0 FA Cup win over Dagenham and Redbridge at Goodison Park.

He said: "They have got a really good footballing side, but the problem has been in the last three to four weeks is that they have got in front in games and not really killed the opposition off.

"[Phil] Jagielka’s back as we saw today, obviously [Kevin] Mirallas, penis, er Pienaar as well."

Lawrenson managed to stay focused and continue his analysis despite his mistake, but it proved a little too much for Logan who could be seen smiling and then letting out a chuckle on air.

Lawrenson's co-pundit Trevor Sinclair also seemed to be struggling to concentrate after the gaffe and was seen smirking at the slip of the tongue.

Sinclair and Logan then took to Twitter afterwards to make light of the incident.

"I love Lawro #penis #youhadtobethere #MOTD," Logan wrote on the social media site.

Sinclair added: "Btw it was hard enough for me to keep a straight face but how the hell did @gabbylogan keep @bbcmotd going? #ShowMustGoOn" before Logan replied: "I pinched myself v hard. And tried not to make eye contact."

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">&#13; <p dir="ltr" lang="en">I love Lawro <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/penis?src=hash" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-3152716-https://twitter.com/hashtag/penis?src=hash" data-vars-event-id="c23">#penis</a> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/youhadtobethere?src=hash" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-3152716-https://twitter.com/hashtag/youhadtobethere?src=hash" data-vars-event-id="c23">#youhadtobethere</a> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MOTD?src=hash" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-3152716-https://twitter.com/hashtag/MOTD?src=hash" data-vars-event-id="c23">#MOTD</a>&#13; — Gabby Logan (@GabbyLogan) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/GabbyLogan/status/685981013823098880" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-3152716-https://twitter.com/GabbyLogan/status/685981013823098880" data-vars-event-id="c23">January 10, 2016</a>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">&#13; <p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/trevor8sinclair" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-3152716-https://twitter.com/trevor8sinclair" data-vars-event-id="c23">@trevor8sinclair</a> I pinched myself v hard. And tried not to make eye contact.&#13; — Gabby Logan (@GabbyLogan) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/GabbyLogan/status/685985220793876480" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-3152716-https://twitter.com/GabbyLogan/status/685985220793876480" data-vars-event-id="c23">January 10, 2016</a>

Watch footage of the comical incident below:

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