TV break-down interrupts match

The match was interrupted for eight minutes

Television viewers in London missed a crucial part of the FA Cup fourth round match between Arsenal and Liverpool on BBC One when a transmitter broke down.

The Crystal Palace transmitter broke down

BBC One and BBC Two were both off air for about eight minutes in the capital - just as the tense match was coming to a close.

It then cut out again a short time later. A BBC spokesman told BBC News Online that he "hoped" the problem was now fixed.

"The signal went off the air for about eight minutes just before three [1500GMT] due to a technical problem at Crystal Palace transmitter," the spokesman said.

"It just covered the London area. And then it did go off again. It was a transmitter problem, it was not actually a BBC problem really. It was just a technical thing."

The match was won 1-0 by Arsenal after three players were sent off.