Overview
- Referee Peter Bankes halted the match minutes after kickoff because he could not communicate with the far-side assistant.
- Play resumed after roughly seven minutes following the communications outage.
- Sky Sports' Gary Neville denounced the stoppage as "ridiculous," calling it "an absolute shambles."
- BBC Radio 5 Live’s Clinton Morrison suggested the pause benefited Tottenham by giving Igor Tudor time to address players.
- Viewers on social media blasted the delay, labelling it an "IT reboot" and "embarrassing."