At the Etihad Stadium, Manchester City fans had many extreme actions during and after the 4-1 victory of “The Citizens” over Liverpool.
When the match against Liverpool ended, the Man City side issued a stateме𝚗t condemning the behavior of the home fans: “We are disappointed to hear inappropriate words in the stands today. We are very sorry for Liverpool and their fans because of our fans’ o/f/f/e/n//s/i/v/e lyrics. The team will try to make sure this doesn’t happen again in the future.”
“Besides, Man City is also aware that an object was thrown at the Liverpool manager after the match. We strongly condemn this behavior. The club will coordinate with the police to investigate the individuals involved. to the incident,” the Manchester team added.
At the Etihad Stadium, before halftime between the c/o//n/f/r/o/n/t/a/t/i/o/n between Man City and Liverpool in the 29th round of the Premier League, the home team’s fans kept repeating the song: “Always the victim, you never know how to admit fault.”. These words resounded after several consecutive situations when Man City was punished for fouling Liverpool.
The Daily Mail explains that the content of the song above is related to the Hillsborough d/i/s/a/s/t/e/r in 1989. There, 97 Liverpool fans were killed by jostling in the FA Cup semi-final between “The Kop” and Nottingham Forest.
Besides doing the above, Man City fans also seem to attack the Liverpool bus when the game is over. Specifically, one or a group of people threw bricks at coach Jurgen Klopp and hurt this strategist. The windows of the Liverpool bus are said to have cracked after the attack but no one was seriously injured.
In the earliest match of the 29th round of the Premier League, Man City won 4-1 against Liverpool at home. Conceding first after a goal from Mohammed Salah, the green half of Manchester came back with goals from Julian Alvarez, Kevin De Bruyne, IIkay Gundogan, and Jack Grealish.
Despite winning 3 points against Liverpool, Man City could not close the 8-point gap with Arsenal in the Premier League table. In the match that followed, the “Gunners” won against Leeds, also with a score of 4-1, to keep the top spot. Man City is still playing one game less than Arsenal.
Klopp: ‘Man City has 10 ме𝚗 left, Liverpool can’t win’
“Can Rodri get a second yellow card? Maybe. But honestly, I don’t think we will win today against 10 Man City,” coach Jurgen Klopp said after the match. “Overall, we lost everything. A failure that is hard to accept.”
“The defense is open. Man City can do whatever they want. We were lucky that Man City was not too greedy in scoring. There is nothing good to ᵴɑү about this game. this happened too often,” the German military leader emphasized.
In 34 minutes, Cody Gakpo dribbles a speedball to eliminate Manuel Akanji. When he saw his teammates overtaken, Rodri had no choice but to pull the striker down on the Liverpool side. After this moме𝚗t, the Liverpool player ran to pressurize, asking the referee to show Rodri a second yellow card.
Previously, the former Atletico Madrid player was shown a yellow card for pulling down Diogo Jota. However, the Spaniard remained safe until the 83rd minute before leaving the field to make way for Bernardo Silva.
The first half of the match at Etihad Stadium took place with a balanced game and high professional quality. The two top Premier League clubs gave fans a fiery double attack for 45 minutes, ending with a 1-1 draw.
However, Man City s/u/d/d/e/n/l/y created a one-way game after the break. When the second half lasted 8 minutes, Man City took a 3-1 lead thanks to goals from De Bruyne and Gundogan. In the 74th minute, Jack Grealish scored a 4-1 victory for “The Citizens”.
The blue half of Manchester continues to chase Arsenal in the race for the Premier League title and is firmly in second place on the rankings.
