Once again, the rivalry between Manchester City and Liverpool it transcended a playing field. After the 4-1 rout of the ‘Cuidadanos’ at the Etihad Stadium, as part of the date 29 of the Premier League, a group of local fans attacked the ‘Reds’ bus and the coach jurgen klopp he was hurt.
The problem of violence around football in England is growing; especially when it comes to matches between teams with huge fans, as happened this Saturday with Manchester City vs. Liverpool.
Although City won and many thought their fans were going to be happy, it was a different story after the engagement and Jürgen Klopp’s team had a hectic farewell. When leaving the Etihad Stadium, the reds bus was attacked by Manchester fans, who reported through a statement that the vehicle suffered “damage on his return trip after today’s game”.
Some or several individuals even threw objects towards the vehicle in a residential area near the stadium, affecting manager Jürgen Klopp, who suffered injuries of unknown severity.
“Incidents of this kind are totally unacceptable and we strongly condemn the actions of those responsible. We will fully support the Greater Manchester Police investigation into this incident in any way we can.”says the statement from the English team.
The club has also been disappointed by the attitude of several fans who during the game made fun of and chanted towards Klopp asking for his dismissal. “We regret any offense these chants may have caused and we will continue to work with supporter groups and officials from both clubs to root out hateful chants from this match.”.
It was complicated by defeat
Liverpool fell thrashed this Saturday 1-4 against Manchester City, in a match that last season defined the fight for the title, but this year did not have the same appeal. Even so, the game was vibrant and Guardiola’s team showed that it is one step higher than Klopp’s, which ends up complicating his desire to get into the Champions League zone.
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