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Kate Scott's brutal Champions League final intro left Micah Richards with his head on the desk(Image: CBS Sports)

Micah Richards is usually the butt of Kate Scott's jokes during CBS Sports' coverage of the Champions League - but the popular host saved her best jab of the season till last with a ruthless introduction ahead of Saturday's showpiece final.

CBS Sports' all-star panel, consisting of Scott, Richards, Thierry Henry and Jamie Carragher, has been a huge hit with audiences in the United States and clips of their antics often go viral on social media.

Scott usually starts shows by bigging up herself, Henry and Carragher before having some fun at Richards' expense - and she unleashed a corker to leave her colleagues in hysterics before Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Milan locked horns in Munich.

After talking up Henry and Carragher's credentials, she moved onto a grinning Richards and said: "What's an American television show without a bit of entertainment?

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"The year was 2020 and CBS' search pivoted to Manchester - not the red side, there were already enough former Manchester United players on TV - who was available from City, they asked?

"Quickly the search pivoted to defenders, to full-backs, to new stars of the modern game and there he was: a man with charisma, charm and an undeniable resume...only to find out Pablo Zableta wasn't available, so here is his back-up, Micah Richards!"

Carragher was in stitches as Richards threw himself down on the desk in laughter.

"You had me, you had me!," said the popular pundit as Scott and Henry joined in the laughs.

Achraf Hakimi tried not to over-celebrate his opening goal for PSG(Image: Getty Images)

Fans lapped up Scott's antics on social media as CBS Sports' coverage of the final kicked off with a bang.

Thankfully, the football lived up to the hype, too, as PSG flew out the blocks.

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The French champions were 2-0 up inside 20 minutes courtesy of goals from Achraf Hakimi and Desire Doue to leave Inter with a mountain to climb.

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