Fans rage ‘are you having a laugh?!’ as Sky Sports cuts to a commercial break DURING penalty shoot-out in Carabao Cup
VIEWERS blasted Sky sports as "shambolic" for cutting to a commercial break deep into Fulham's 7-6 penalty shootout triumph against Everton.
With the Carabao Cup quarter-final spot-kicks level and into sudden death, the broadcaster swapped penalties for adverts to leave fans asking "Are you having a laugh?!"
One fan said: "Go to ad break with pens at 6-6 !!!! What a p***take."
Tosin Adarabioyo eventually slotted in the decisive penalty after Everton's Idrissa Gueye had hit the post with his effort.
The spot-kick drama followed a 1-1 draw where Toffees' sub Beto pounced late on to cancel out at Michael Keane's own goal opener for the Cottagers.
But viewers were seething at Sky's shootout shut-out just as the penalties were reachig their climax.
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One posted: "Surely they could wait a few minutes."
Another raged: "You guys should be ashamed. We just want to watch pens... It's just not on."