Chelsea forced to stream Servette clash for FREE as website error leaves fans unable to buy £4.99 broadcast

CHELSEA were forced into streaming their clash against Servette for free due to an error after initially charging £4.99

The Blues face the Swiss side in the Europa Conference League play-off round tonight.

With the game not live on TV, supporters tuned in to the club's stream and paid £4.99 for access.

But fans were left unable to watch the match as the website displayed an error message.

The technical problem saw fans stuck on a screen that said: "Stream temporarily unavailable."

Others supporters were left unable to purchase the match.

The Chelsea faithful raged: "Brought the stream earlier now says I don’t have it. Tried to log out to log back in and now it won’t even let me do that."

Another added: "Chelsea won’t let me buy the stream, it’s almost like they don’t want me spending £4.99."

More raged: "Would love to watch on the official Chelsea app and website but we physical cannot. Your s*** isn’t working."

Eventually, the club performed a U-turn on their decision to charge for the game and streamed it to supporters for free.

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People who paid are now expected to be refunded.

Chelsea came into the tie 2-0 up after the first leg at Stamford Bridge.

A win will see the Blues qualify for the group stages of the Conference League.