It was indeed Beasley. He's a Chelsea fan and a big admirer/mate of Hughes and he outright lied on Sunday Supplement that Mancini was in the stands for Hughes's last match before he was sacked.
He was duly exposed as a liar and he promised to apologise to City fans for it on his next appearance on Sunday Supplement. During a discussion about something else he suddenly veered off topic and mumbled "I promised to apologise to City fans so now I have" and immediately went back on topic. No mention of what he was apologising for which mjust have confused a lot of neutrals. As apologies go it was as low key and mealy mouthed as they come. And it was clear he didn't mean it.