Sky Sports slammed as ‘complete joke’ as technical error leaves fans unable to watch bumper night of cup football
FOOTBALL fans were left furious after Sky Sports Plus appeared to crash during Manchester United’s Carabao Cup clash with Leicester City.
The streaming service stopped working for some viewers in the early stages of the match.
A number of fans quickly took to social media to vent their frustration, with one person writing: “Would be nice if I could watch it live instead of on here (X). Absolute joke.”
Another commented: “Would be great if your app/red button actually worked so we could watch it!”
A third fumed: “SORT THE RED BUTTON MATCHES OUT!”
A fourth said: “Shame I’ve been staring at an error message for 20 years.”
While another wrote: “Shame I can’t watch as your service is horrific. Waste of my money.”
Sky Sports has been approached for comment.
Man Utd took the lead through a Casemiro screamer in the 15th minute.
Alejandro Garnacho made it two at the half-hour mark before Bilal El Khannouss pulled one back for Leicester.
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Casemiro scored again and Bruno Fernandes followed with a goal before Conor Coady scored Leicester’s second.
The score at Old Trafford was 4-2 at half-time.
Ruud van Nistelrooy managed the Red Devils for the first time tonight following the departure of Erik ten Hag.
The Dutchman was sacked by United on Monday following a 2-1 defeat to West Ham.
Sporting Lisbon boss Ruben Amorim is now expected to take over the job permanently.
Ruben Amorim is ‘Mourinho 2.0’ who turned Sporting from ‘walking dead’ into Portuguese champs… he can revive Man Utd
WHEN Ruben Amorim took charge of Sporting Lisbon in March 2020, one club official compared their situation to the “walking dead”, writes Jordan Davies.
Optimism and hope was at an all-time low.
But the Amorim-effect was almost instantaneous, guiding the Portuguese sleeping giants to their first league title for 19 years in 2020/21, losing just once and only conceding 20 goals.
Since then, Sporting have lifted another league title in 2023/24 – as well as two League Cups – and currently sit top with nine wins from nine this term.
He may be young, but Amorim already has an eye for rebuilding and revitalising fallen super powers with his infectious charisma and intense tactical philosophy that hardly ever wavers.
The “walking dead” at Manchester United must be praying for a similar sort of revival.
And they may just get it from one of the most talented young coaches on the continent – a man accustomed to breathing new life back into crumbling institutions such as Old Trafford.
Amorim has spent the last decade dreaming of one day gracing England’s Premier League, such was his admiration for an ex-United boss in Jose Mourinho growing up.
Often nicknamed ‘Mourinho 2.0’, Amorim spent a week with his coaching idol in an internship capacity at United’s Carrington training base in 2018, going on to cite him as his “reference point”.
United should not be expecting a mini-Mourinho, as Amorim said himself: “Mourinho is one of a kind. There won’t be another Mourinho. Mourinho is unique.”
And yet, you cannot help but compare the two.
For all the mismanagement in the Old Trafford hot seats over the years, this would be a real get – finally a slap in the face United’s Prem rivals have no answer for.