{"id":295854,"date":"2023-10-30T01:43:44","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T01:43:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/?p=295854"},"modified":"2023-10-30T01:43:44","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T01:43:44","slug":"clive-tyldesley-takes-aim-at-sky-sports-coverage-of-manchester-derby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/soccer\/clive-tyldesley-takes-aim-at-sky-sports-coverage-of-manchester-derby\/","title":{"rendered":"Clive Tyldesley takes aim at Sky Sports&apos; coverage of Manchester derby"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Clive Tyldesley takes a shot at Sky Sports&#8217; pre-match coverage for the Manchester derby, questioning the broadcaster&#8217;s choice of an &#8216;urban poet&#8217; prior to kick-off at Old Trafford<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Commentator and broadcaster, 69, took a swipe at Sky Sports&#8217; social media post<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Tays, a Manchester-based music artist, was seen rapping about the derby in clip\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>REPORT: Man United suffered a 3-0 defeat at home as City impressed in rout<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Clive Tyldesley has taken a swipe at Sky Sports&#8217; Manchester derby build-up, with the veteran commentator left thoroughly unimpressed at the broadcaster&#8217;s decision to use an &#8216;urban poet&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>While he currently works for CBS on Champions League matches, Tyldesley did not mince his words when it came to Sky&#8217;s coverage on Sunday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of kick-off at Old Trafford, Sky Sports Premier League\u00a0posted a tweet anticipating the hotly contested derby.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tyldesley tweeted: &#8216;Anyone else that could manage to watch a big football match without an overture from an urban poet now?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Many initially thought he was tearing into Sky&#8217;s lead commentator Peter Drury before it became clear it was focused on the pre-match video. Taking aim at Sky&#8217;s social coverage of the match, the commentator did not seem enamored by the hip-hop star&#8217;s rap.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/29\/20\/77152841-12686291-image-m-139_1698612921773.jpg\" height=\"368\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Tays, the rapper, was shown in various sites around Manchester throughout the clip online<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/29\/20\/77152839-12686291-image-a-137_1698612916105.jpg\" height=\"634\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Sky Sports&#8217; coverage in the build-up to kick-off was criticised by commentator Clive Tyldesley<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/29\/20\/77152873-12686291-The_artist_is_good_friends_with_fellow_Northern_music_icon_Aitch-m-141_1698613061723.jpg\" height=\"480\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The artist (right) is good friends with fellow Northern music icon, Aitch (left), having been pictured at the Pride of Britain Awards alongside each other earlier this month<\/p>\n<p>Tays, a Manchester-based artist, is seen in the clip as the &#8216;urban poet&#8217; mentioned by Tyldesley, rapping over a hip-hop beat about the famous Manchester footballing spectacle.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The artist is good friends with fellow Northern music icon, Aitch, having been pictured at the Pride of Britain Awards alongside each other earlier this month.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While Aitch is known for being a diehard Manchester United fan, the two put their rivalries aside for friendship.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the rap, Tays mentions City&#8217;s journey from Maine Road, the home of Pep Guardiola&#8217;s club until 2003, to the Etihad Stadium, ending his rap on: &#8216;This City&#8217;s staying blue.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In similar coverage, Sky Sports also posted a clip of Aitch and Marcus Rashford, with the young rapper joking that\u00a0&#8216;Marcus is going to get me a deal at United soon!<\/p>\n<p>Manchester United went on to suffer a damning 3-0 home defeat, having now lost half of their opening 10 matches of this season&#8217;s campaign.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/29\/20\/77152833-12686291-image-a-142_1698613086275.jpg\" height=\"634\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;This City&#8217;s staying blue,&#8217; said Tays during the clip posted by Sky Sports Premier League<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/29\/20\/77152831-12686291-image-a-138_1698612918764.jpg\" height=\"634\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The clip showed past footage of defeats in previous seasons by Erik Ten Hag&#8217;s home side<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It looks easy but it&#8217;s not, really it&#8217;s not,&#8217; Guardiola said afterwards.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We have a lot of respect for United, for what they do, but we were at our best, especially in the second half.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The second goal helped us a lot. We were saying at half-time they will be more aggressive and they were, but we made two incredible two build-ups.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Bernardo (Silva) and Jack (Grealish) made a good action and Erling scored the second goal. 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