The headlineappeared on the bottom of the screen during a report on the French Open tennischampionship.
TV criticand broadcaster Scott Bryan, who works for the BBC, noticed the gaffe andposted a clip on Twitter which immediately went viral.
BBCpresenter Annita McVeigh later issued the apology on air and explained that theheadline was written when someone was learning how to use the ticker.
"Someof you may have noticed something pretty unusual on the ticker that runs alongthe bottom of the screen with news making a comment about Manchester United. Ihope that Manchester United fans weren"t offended by it," she said.
"Let mejust explain what was happening: behind the scenes someone was training tolearn how to use the ticker and to put text on the ticker. So they were justwriting random things, not in earnest, and that comment appeared.
"So apologiesif you saw that and you were offended and you"re a fan of Manchester United.But certainly that was a mistake and it wasn"t meant to appear on thescreen."
United haveendured a torrid campaign, finishing sixth in the table with 58 points -- theirlowest in the Premier League era.
