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Sky Sports has responded to allegations they deliberately covered up an obscene chant because it was aimed at them during Nottingham Forest's away clash with Derby County.

Thousands of supporters at Pride Park decided to vent their fury against Sky Sports' decision to move the much-anticipated fixture to a Monday night by chanting "Sky TV is ******* ****."

A clip of the chant has gone viral on social media. To the bemusement of many, the chant suddenly stops and is replaced with "generic" crowd noise - leading to claims Sky acted fast to prevent viewers hearing the chant.

Sky has confirmed to Derbyshire Live it did edit the chant out of its live coverage, moments after it begun. However, the broadcaster said the decision had nothing to do with the chant being aimed at them and was solely down to the language used in the chant.

(Image: Dan Westwell)

A spokesman added Sky, like all broadcasters, have a responsibility to ensure coverage is compliant with Ofcom rules regarding offensive language.

The spokesman also said another foul-mouthed chant during the game which sang out "your support is f****** s***" was also dampened down in the same way and that if bad language was broadcast at full volume it would undoubtedly lead to complaints from viewers.

The match ended 0-0.