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‘You pay your Sky and BT subscriptions and still can’t get to watch’: Football fans left seething at not being able to watch Manchester City’s trip to Everton on television
- Fans in the United Kingdom could not watch Everton-Manchester City on TV
- The league game was moved due to City’s progression to the Carabao Cup final
- But television broadcasters had already selected their matches for February
- Fans took to social media to voice anger at not being able to watch the match
Football fans in the UK were left furious at not being able to watch Manchester City’s trip to face Everton on Wednesday night on television.
The match was moved at late notice after City secured safe passage through to the Carabao Cup final with a 10-0 aggregate win over Burton and with both BT Sport and Sky Sports having made their selections for broadcast, the game was not to be available for UK viewers.
Angry fans took to social media to question the country-wide blackout for the game given the significance, with City looking to end the night above Liverpool at the top of the Premier League.
Football fans were left in disbelief at not being able to watch Everton against Manchester City
One user questioned how with both Sky and BT subscriptions fans could not watch the game
With Brighton’s FA Cup replay against Championship high-flyers West Brom broadcast on BBC One, one user wrote: ‘When you pay your Sky and BT subscriptions and still can’t get to watch #EVEMCI.’
Another added: ‘I find it both funny and refreshing in the modern age of live football that a potentially pivotal game in the title race is not live on Sky or BT or even on radio on R5L or Talksport. But cup replay between WBA and Brighton is! #EVEMCI.’
Everton fan Dominic Fox managed to catch the action – but was watching in the early hours from a place in Sri Lanka.
The BBC showed an FA Cup tie and for some fans it was a comical situation missing the game
Given the magnitude of the game, few could believe no-one in the UK could watch it on TV
He tweeted: ‘@Everton vs City live from my hotel room in Sri Lanka 01:45 am… but not available from the UK!! �� #EVEMCI #COYB’.
The game was of huge significance in the Premier League title race with City knowing a win would see them go top on goal difference.
Guardiola’s side have not topped the standings since December and with games slowly being ticked off, would ramp up the pressure on Liverpool ahead of the weekend’s games.
Jurgen Klopp’s side have stuttered in their last two matches, finishing with draws against both Leicester City and West Ham, handing City a lifeline after they fell to a shock defeat away at Newcastle on January 29.
Aymeric Laporte broke the deadlock on the stroke of half-time as City looked to top the table
One Everton fan not at the game did get to watch… but only as he was in a hotel in Sri Lanka
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