Europa League final chaos as fans fume at Man Utd vs Tottenham coverage on Discovery Plus

Football fans watching the final between and on Discovery Plus were left frustrated by buffering during the first half of the game. Viewers were able to watch the final for free, as has been the case in previous years, but some encountered problems.

"Anyone else experiencing buffering on the Europa final on Discovery Plus," one asked. "Had to make a Discovery plus account to watch the final and the stream drops in quality every 2 minutes," wrote another on social media.

"This stream on Discovery plus is utterly woeful what are they using dial up?" asked a third. "This game is unwatchable on the discovery plus app. Constant buffering for me," was the complaint from yet another viewer.

On the field, it took a while for the teams to get a real sight of goal. Just as the half-time whistle drew closer, though, Spurs got their noses in front.

The opener was a scrappy affair. Brennan Johnson didn't get the cleanest of touches on Pape Sarr's ball in from the left, but the ball struck and crept beyond Andre Onana into te net.

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"The game did need a goal," former Spurs and England goalkeeper Paul Robinson said on Radio 5 Live. "It wasn't pretty, it was scrappy, but those fans won't mind."

Speaking on TNT Sports at the break, former Spurs star said: "For a Spurs fan it doesn't matter. I think Spurs have probably been the better team in the first half, pressured them very high, but... it's important to get that first goal because I feel like the pressure was good but you need something to back that up."

Fellow pundit and former United defender wasn't impressed with his old team's defending. "It was poor, [Patrick] Dorgu, at no point in this does he talk to Luke Shaw," he said.

"You always need that help. Maybe it's inexperience here but he doesn't let him know. By the time he realises and sees the white shirts flashing, it's too late and the ball ends up in the back of the net.

"I always say the defender furthest away is your talker, he's your eyes and ears. He has to signal to all the other players - scream, push, whatever - and let them know players are running across them. He didn't do that and they got punished.

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