Ian Darke commentated from home for BT Sport’s live coverage of Hoffenheim vs Hertha Berlin as the German Bundesliga became the first top league in Europe to resume.

With social distancing still in place amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Darke covered the match from his study, sharing this clip of him doing so on Twitter.

Thanks for comments on BT Sport Bundesliga coverage today. In tricky circumstances , none of it would have happened without some superb work by our technical and production teams.

— Ian Darke (@IanDarke) May 16, 2020

He posted it alongside the message:

Home-spun commentary on Bundesliga. Strange days indeed.

In the game itself, Hertha romped to a 3-0 win at the Rhein-Neckar-Arena on Saturday, moving them up to 11th in the table.

Hoffenheim remain four points above them in 9th place.