BT Sport

2022 - 5 - 29

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Champions League: Shame on BT Sport for leaving viewers in the ... (Daily Mail)

KIERAN GILL: On BBC Radio 5 Live, we heard from Nick Parrott, a Liverpool fan who described being 'pepper-sprayed' for the first time in his life.

No images of the thousands still outside. No footage of the fans being tear-gassed. KIERAN GILL: Shame on BT Sport for leaving viewers completely in the dark over the Champions League final chaos...

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Jake Humphrey responds after Gary Neville slams BT Sport ... (Mirror.co.uk)

Gary Neville criticised BT Sport for their coverage of Saturday's Champions League final and lack of live reporting amid the chaos outside of the stadium, ...

Prattling on with pundits and waiting for an opening ceremony is reminiscent of the tone-deaf TV coverage in build-up to Euro 2020 final amid chaos outside." "We had limited information about what was going on outside, my talkback (the umbilical cord to my production team) suddenly stopped working, the TV compound was impacted by the tear gas so our production team were barricaded in their trucks. And I've done some tricky ones," the former face of Formula 1 on the BBC wrote to more than 50,000 followers.

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BT Sport presenter Humphrey responds to criticism from Neville and ... (Football365.com)

Sky Sports pundit Gary Neville criticised rivals BT Sport for their coverage of the Champions League final. Jake Humphrey has responded.

Thanks for your company last night and across the whole season. The whole team stood up and did that yesterday. Prattling on with pundits and waiting for an opening ceremony is reminiscent of the tone-deaf TV coverage in build-up to Euro 2020 final amid chaos outside.#UCLfinal

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'Are you surprised? They can't react' – Sky Sports pundit Gary ... (The Sun)

GARY NEVILLE blasted BT Sport's coverage of the Champions League final after viewers were left unaware of the chaos unfolding outside the Stade de Fra.

Instead of filming any of the unsavoury scenes occurring outside the stadium, BT Sport carried on building up to the match normally. He replied to a tweet from The Athletic's Adam Crafton that said: "Surprised BT Sport don’t have a team on standby outside of stadium, getting little to no sense of the major story from the broadcaster." GARY NEVILLE blasted BT Sport's coverage of the Champions League final after viewers were left unaware of the chaos unfolding outside the Stade de France.

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Gary Neville was right – BT Sport dropped the ball on the big story (Telegraph.co.uk)

Watching on TV in the UK, it was hard to get a true understanding of how the situation was unfolding outside the Stade de France.

The problem for BT Sport viewers, a larger than usual audience because the match was live-streamed for free on YouTube, was that they knew a story was developing, but whatever it was that was happening, it wasn’t being relayed by the magic of moving pictures. Watching on TV in the UK, it was hard to get a true understanding of how the situation was unfolding, and many felt that BT Sport’s coverage had missed a trick. A football journalist, Adam Crafton, tweeted on Saturday night: “surprised BT Sport don’t have a team on standby outside of stadium, getting little to no sense of the major story from the broadcaster.” Neville replied: “Are you surprised?

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Gary Neville criticises BT Sport coverage of Champions League final (Pundit Arena)

Gary Neville criticised BT Sport's coverage of Champions League final, and the way in which the station performs in general.

— Gary Neville (@GNev2)May 28, 2022 Neville replied to this Tweet, writing: “Are you surprised? They can’t react or aren’t agile to things like this happening.”

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Gary Neville fires shots at BT Sport over handling of Champions ... (Daily Express)

THOUSANDS of fans were caught in chaos outside the Stade de France before Liverpool's clash with Real Madrid.

Meanwhile, Joel Matip's family were among those to be caught up in the chaos before kick-off and reportedly had to flee from the stadium to take refuge in a local restaurant. "Basically, we've been stuck here for a couple of hours trying to get into the stadium," one Liverpool fan explained. "Are you surprised?"

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Gary Neville insists he is 'not surprised' by BT Sport's coverage of ... (Daily Star)

Gary Neville has criticised BT Sport for their coverage ahead of the Champions League final, with the broadcaster not showing any of the chaotic pre-match ...

Chief Manchester United writer for the MEN, Samuel Luckhurst, also criticised the coverage, with Neville retweeting his comment too. But BT, who have exclusive rights to European football in the UK, didn't show any footage, instead remaining with their team inside the stadium while the match was delayed for more than half an hour. They can’t react or aren’t agile to things like this happening."

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