CRYSTAL Palace fans were left feeling miffed after their side's thrilling FA Cup win against Southampton was relegated to a graveyard slot on Match of the Day.
Understandably, the BBC's flagship highlights show led with Bradford City's humbling of Chelsea, followed by Middlesbrough's shock win at the Etihad against Man City.
But, bizarrely, Eagles fans were kept waiting for action from the 3-2 thriller at St Mary's, instead forced to sit through a goalless draw at Anfield between Liverpool and Bolton and two fairly run of the mill ties at Tottenham and Birmingham.
Worse still, as midnight approached and the Palace game finally arrived, it was merely included in a goals round-up segment - with no other highlights or key incidents shown - complete with dubbed commentary from BBC local radio in Southampton.
Needless to say, Palace fans on Twitter were not impressed:
Just caught up with last nights #MoTD didn't expect to be on first but absolutely disgraceful coverage of #cpfc game
— Gareth (@GarethWynDavies) January 25, 2015
Thanks @BBCMOTD for our 5 seconds highlights in a 5 goal thriller! Complete joke. #motd#cpfc
— Tom Bartholomew (@ThomasBarty) January 25, 2015
And yet Wardy's skill + sublime ball wasn't even noticed in the #MOTD studio during the 'snippets' rather than highlights. Casual bias #CPFC
— Jonathan Whitehead (@jonnywheat) January 25, 2015
#MOTD your coverage of the FA Cup is nothing short of a disgrace. Did you have just one camera at St Mary's? Absolute joke. #cpfc
— Just one Lombardo (@rednbluephil) January 25, 2015
Thanks @BBCMOTD for our 5 seconds highlights in a 5 goal thriller! Complete joke. #motd#cpfc
— Tom Bartholomew (@ThomasBarty) January 25, 2015
Bizarre how #motd literally skipped through #cpfc highlights!! @BBCMOTD
— William Morriss (@wdxmorriss) January 24, 2015
