Viewers of Manchester City’s clash with Liverpool on Sky Sports were not shown pictures of the plane that flew over the Etihad carrying a message protesting against Everton’s 10-point penalty for breaching financial rules.
The banner read ‘Premier League — corrupt’ and was organised by a Toffees fan group.
Some have wondered if Sky were doing their utmost not to upset League bosses at a pivotal time with a decision on broadcast rights imminent.
Sky, however, say that they did not show the plane protest as they did not think it relevant to the match being shown and add that they subsequently covered it in news stories.