Sky Sports issue apology after Serge Aurier’s goal vs Sheffield United

Sky Sports issued an apology after fans were left furious at a sound issue, which caused a delay in transmission.

Tottenham fans were left upset after a sound issue caused them to hear Serge Aurier give their side the lead against Sheffield United on Sunday before a ball was kicked.

The issue meant the audio track was well ahead of the video footage, and was painfully obvious on more than one occasion.

Firstly, Harry Kane played the ball off for Steven Bergwijn to have a shot from the edge of the area in the opening minutes.

Bergwijn fired the ball towards goal and forced Sheffield United goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale into a good save.

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But due to the audio issue, fans knew the save had been made before Bergwijn even took the shot, ruining the enjoyment of the game.

Then, from the resulting corner kick, Aurier rose well to nod in from Son Heung-Min’s cross.

However, once again, fans could hear the two commentators calling the goal before the cross had been made.

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Moments later, Sky Sports issued an apology via Bill Leslie, who was commentating on the game.

“If you’re having problems with the sound we apologise,” he said. “We are having some audio problems we are working to fix. Hopefully we’ll have those right sooner rather than later.”

Tottenham fans were left fuming with the issue, with one tweeting: “Sound is off @skysports #SHUTOT commentary said ball was in when it hadn’t even reached Aurier yet.”

Another wrote: “I’ve had goals spoiled for me by laggy streams and twitter, but never by the sound being ahead of the picture on actual Sky Sports.”

“Sort your sound out Sky Sports,” one demanded.

Another joked: “Ere, @SkySports sort the sound delay out for the Spurs game. Commentator announcing they’ve gone 1 up whilst I’m still eating my breakfast.”