Guardian mix-up between Balotelli and Sturridge in article about racism

We all make mistakes, but this really was a disastrous day at the office for someone.

Guardian mix-up between Balotelli and Sturridge in article about racism

The Guardian newspaper has been left with egg on its face today - after a disastrous picture mix-up.

The newspaper made the mistake in an article about the depressing amount of racist abuse faced by black players in the Premier League.

The article itself was a measured analysis of the levels of racism endemic in British football culture, but was totally undermined by the pictures accompanying it.

The captions referred to three of the most high-profile black players in the Premier League - Mario Balotelli, Danny Welbeck and Daniel Sturridge.

Unfortunately the pictures are of Balotelli, Welbeck and Balotelli again.

Naturally the mistake was quickly picked up online.

Just for future reference Guardian picture editors!

(l-r) Mario Balotelli, Steven Gerrard and Daniel Sturridge.

They also misspelled Balotelli's name in the caption, but let's not even go there - they are having a bad enough day already.

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