A new program on NBC Sports Network will bring Manchester United and Manchester City together like you wouldn’t expect. Not with these two rivals. No love lost there. But both coalesce on Manchester Mondays on NBCSN.
Manchester Monday will be a part of the “Premier League Encore” program, which will debut Monday September 16th and 10 p.m. in the Pacific time zone. It will be a cut-down of the previous featuring cut-down versions of both Manchester United and Manchester City games from that week.
Manchester United takes on Crystal Palace and Manchester City will battle Stoke City on Saturday September 14th. NBC Sports Group presents the most ambitious, extensive and comprehensive coverage of the Premier League available anywhere in the world with all 380 Premier League matches available live in the United States on the networks of NBCUniversal, on the Premier League Extra Time bonus TV package, and streamed live on NBC Sports Live Extra. In total, NBC Sports Group will present more than 1,600 hours of Premier League programming.
All matches will be preceded and followed by Premier League Live pre- and post-match shows from the NBC Sports Group International Broadcast Center in Stamford, Conn. Rebecca Lowe hosts Premier League Live alongside former English footballer Robbie Mustoe and former Jamaican National Team Player Robbie Earle.
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