BT Sport respond to allegations of anti-Manchester City bias

Manchester City were the Premier League's best-performing club in the Champions League this season, but some fans aren't happy with how their semi-final run was covered.

A number of supporters criticised broadcasters BT Sport for leaving Manuel Pellegrini's team out of an advert for the competition's final four, while other elements of the studio coverage also came in for criticism. https://twitter.com/yourmcfc/status/720371130599481345 BT's coverage of City has come in for sustained criticism from supporters, though head of BT Sport Simon Green has listened to fans' concerns on more than one occasion. https://twitter.com/SimonGreenBT/status/721093517435670534 https://twitter.com/SimonGreenBT/status/724657550646452224 Despite Green's responses, BT Sport remained on thin ice with some Sky Blues, who have been known to point to the predominance of former Manchester United players among the ex-footballers involved in the broadcasts (Steve McManaman and Owen Hargreaves probably aren't regarded as ex-City, despite both playing for the club. And that's before the second flashpoint, as laid out by the Manchester Evening News. BT Sport's rundown of three decades' worth of FA Cup final highlights missed out a certain game. You guessed it - City's only win in the last 40 years. Highlights of the 1-0 victory over Stoke were broadcast at a later date, but it didn't help those who had already cried bias. https://twitter.com/theobald55555/status/734011645547171840 https://twitter.com/kathy121255/status/733937189080420352 https://twitter.com/Fidahussain01/status/734027971053379584 The paper has published a statement from BT Sport in response to the allegations. It reads as follows:

“BT Sport take its responsibility as a broadcaster extremely seriously and aims to deliver top quality live sports coverage to its viewers. We always try to take a fair view of the teams and the competitions which we broadcast. “Last week BT Sport showed a number of classic FA Cup Finals back to back in the run up to the Emirates FA Cup Final on Saturday evening. We apologise that Manchester City v Stoke City was not shown on Thursday, however it was shown on BT Sport on Saturday.”