Sky Sports hit by technical fault during Chelsea vs Aston Villa as pundits are forced to commentate from Liverpool

SKY SPORTS were hit with a major technical error during their coverage of Chelsea v Aston Villa as they were forced to commentate from their pre-game studio in Liverpool.

The broadcaster experienced technical difficulties which meant their commentary team at Stamford Bridge of lead commentator Bill Leslie and pundit Alan Smith were not being heard.

AFP

Sky Sports were forced to commentate on the Chelsea game from their studio after a technical fault[/caption]

Consequently those in the studio before the game were forced to provide impromptu commentary in the opening minutes.

This included presenter David Jones and pundits including Roy Keane, Micah Richards and Daniel Sturridge.

Jones apologised for the issues shortly after kick-off.

He said: “Well unfortunately we have a few technical and audio issues which you can hear at Stamford Bridge or not hear more to the point.

“So you are left with us, this could be interesting, commentary from Anfield on Chelsea against Aston Villa.

“You always ask for more time to talk about football so this is our time, Micah.”

Audio at Stamford Bridge was restored just before the third minute of play.

Reacting on social media, one fan said: “Would quite like the option to carry on listening to @MicahRichards doing the commentary over this game please Sky Sports.”

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A second said: “Nah this commentary is elite on Sky Sports.”

Another said: “Sky Sports having a shocker right now.”

A fourth added: “Paying all this money for Sky Sports just for their commentary to cut out smh.”

Chelsea then took the lead after seven minutes through Nicolas Jackson.