It's interesting to note that some years ago, the UK ATC Regulators decreed that the phrase "Give way" should not be used in instructions to the drivers of vehicles. The ban did not apply to ATC instructions to pilots, but I suggest that "Give way to and follow the XXX" is even more specific.
It's not appropriate to judge the incident described, but I note that it took place at night, and there was confusion between two aircraft of the same type.