diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Multi/Match/MatchSubScreen.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Multi/Match/MatchSubScreen.cs
index 3609be2dfe..b0717d3d28 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Multi/Match/MatchSubScreen.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Multi/Match/MatchSubScreen.cs
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ using osu.Game.Screens.Multi.Components;
 using osu.Game.Screens.Multi.Match.Components;
 using osu.Game.Screens.Multi.Play;
 using osu.Game.Screens.Multi.Ranking;
+using osu.Game.Screens.Play;
 using osu.Game.Screens.Select;
 using Footer = osu.Game.Screens.Multi.Match.Components.Footer;
 
@@ -260,10 +261,10 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Multi.Match
             {
                 default:
                 case GameTypeTimeshift _:
-                    multiplayer?.Start(() => new TimeshiftPlayer(SelectedItem.Value)
+                    multiplayer?.Push(new PlayerLoader(() => new TimeshiftPlayer(SelectedItem.Value)
                     {
                         Exited = () => leaderboardChatDisplay.RefreshScores()
-                    });
+                    }));
                     break;
             }
         }
@@ -271,8 +272,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Multi.Match
         private void showBeatmapResults()
         {
             Debug.Assert(roomId.Value != null);
-
-            this.Push(new TimeshiftResultsScreen(null, roomId.Value.Value, SelectedItem.Value, false));
+            multiplayer?.Push(new TimeshiftResultsScreen(null, roomId.Value.Value, SelectedItem.Value, false));
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Multi/Multiplayer.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Multi/Multiplayer.cs
index 863a28609b..e724152e08 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Multi/Multiplayer.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Multi/Multiplayer.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 // Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
-using System;
 using osu.Framework.Allocation;
 using osu.Framework.Bindables;
 using osu.Framework.Extensions.Color4Extensions;
@@ -24,7 +23,6 @@ using osu.Game.Screens.Multi.Lounge;
 using osu.Game.Screens.Multi.Lounge.Components;
 using osu.Game.Screens.Multi.Match;
 using osu.Game.Screens.Multi.Match.Components;
-using osu.Game.Screens.Play;
 using osuTK;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Screens.Multi
@@ -197,18 +195,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Multi
             Logger.Log($"Polling adjusted (listing: {roomManager.TimeBetweenListingPolls}, selection: {roomManager.TimeBetweenSelectionPolls})");
         }
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Push a <see cref="Player"/> to the main screen stack to begin gameplay.
-        /// Generally called from a <see cref="MatchSubScreen"/> via DI resolution.
-        /// </summary>
-        public void Start(Func<Player> player)
-        {
-            if (!this.IsCurrentScreen())
-                return;
-
-            this.Push(new PlayerLoader(player));
-        }
-
         public void APIStateChanged(IAPIProvider api, APIState state)
         {
             if (state != APIState.Online)