TNT Sports were forced to issue an apology ahead of Manchester City's Champions League opener against Napoli as their broadcast suffered technical problems. Kevin de Bruyne, along with former Manchester United pair Rasmus Hojlund and Scott McTominay, were aiming to derail City's prospects of a strong beginning in Europe's premier competition.
Nevertheless, the broadcaster's pre-match coverage at the Etihad Stadium was disrupted by a glitch that resulted in TNT Sports 1 predominantly showing Newcastle United versus Barcelona instead. The mishap happened at approximately 7.15pm just after Gianluigi Donnarumma's interview, causing several minutes of the north-east build-up to be broadcast by mistake.
A message appeared on screen stating: "We apologise for the technical difficulties. We return to Man City vs Napoli on TNT 2 shortly." Just after 7.31pm, normal service resumed, showing the City squad coming out for their warm-up.
Presenter Reshmin Chowdhury announced: "Hello welcome back everybody, we did have to leave you for a short while due to technical issues but we're back and so are they."
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