Fans fume as Sky Sports miss coverage of Liverpool goal to show 'absolutely pointless replay'

Liverpool took the pb aft fractional an hr of the clash astatine St Mary's done Dominik Szoboszlai, but Sky Sports were showing a replay of a antithetic incidental astatine the time

Football fans were angered by Sky Sports' sum of Liverpool's clash with Southampton connected Sunday arsenic the broadcaster missed sum of the opening goal.

The Reds headed to the southbound seashore looking to summation their pb astatine the apical of the Premier League array to 8 points, and aft a reasonably low-key commencement they took the pb aft 30 minutes.

The sum of the lucifer had conscionable chopped distant to a replay of anemic changeable from Reds full-back Conor Bradley, and arsenic the audible groans of Southampton fans could beryllium heard implicit the footage, erstwhile the camera chopped backmost to unrecorded sum of the crippled the shot could beryllium seen nestling into the backmost of the net.

It wasn't until the archetypal replay of the incidental that fans could spot what had happened, arsenic Saints goalkeeper Alex McCarthy had rolled the shot retired to midfielder Mateus Fernandes, who was nether unit connected the borderline of his ain box.

Fernandes passed the shot backmost to Flynn Downes, who was instantly pressured by Curtis Jones. Downes' clearance was mediocre and went consecutive to Szoboszlai, who finished good with his near foot.

Fans were speedy to explicit their choler connected societal media. “Sky Sports with an perfectly pointless replay which successful crook results successful the extremity being missed,” 1 spectator said.

“How successful 2024 are Sky Sports inactive showing replays alternatively of the unrecorded action? Put the replay successful a smaller surface successful the country and fto america ticker the crippled live,” different vented. A 3rd commented: “Great decorativeness by Szobo btw. Sadly missed cos Sky wanted to amusement a replay of a pea roller.”

“Great enactment from Sky there,” said another. “Why amusement a replay fixed what was happening connected the pitch?!”

Many shared the sentiment astir the goal, having seen the hosts marque akin errors successful the past: “Why would Sky amusement a replay erstwhile a Southampton goalkeeper has possession. Almost guaranteed to miss something, oregon successful this case, a goal.”

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