Soccer fans in the United States missed a segment of Sunday’s north London derby after an issue during the broadcast on NBC’s streaming service, Peacock.
Premier League The match between the fans was left without coverage Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal After the issue was raised midway through the first half.
NBC Sports claimed coverage was unavailable worldwide, which was false — the game continued to be shown on other stations around the world.
The game returned to Peacock a few minutes later, but with commentary provided by the Premier League’s world feed rather than the NBC team of Peter Drury and Lee Dixon.
The world feed cut off shortly after, before being restored for viewers.
Before the coverage went out, Arsenal went one goal ahead when Hugo Lloris’ Bukayo Saka’s cross was turned into the Tottenham goal.
A win for Arsenal would extend their lead to eight points at the top of the Premier League.
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