Manchester City claim team bus was attacked near Anfield after Liverpool defeat

Manchester Metropolis’s bus was attacked because it made its approach out of Anfield (Reuters)

Manchester Metropolis have alleged that their group bus was attacked following the the 1-0 defeat to Liverpool at Anfield on Sunday.

A missile was allegedly thrown on the bus with the Metropolis gamers and training employees on board, inflicting a crack within the windscreen. The harm to the automobile was not extreme sufficient to cease the journey and all on board managed to get again to Manchester.

It's now the third time that Metropolis’s bus has been attacked round Anfield. The primary incident was in 2014 after Liverpool’s 3-2 victory within the Premier League, whereas in 2018, Metropolis’s bus was focused because it made its technique to the stadium forward of their Champions League quarter-final tie.

The newest incident comes after tensions ran excessive at Anfield as Liverpool edged previous Metropolis with Mohamed Salah’s second-half objective.

Jurgen Klopp was despatched off on the touchline, whereas Pep Guardiola has claimed that Liverpool supporters threw cash at him.

The windscreen on Manchester Metropolis’s bus was cracked because it left Anfield on Sunday night

Talking concerning the incident after Metropolis’s 1-0 defeat at Anfield, Guardiola sarcastically mentioned: ‘Subsequent time we'll do it higher. It didn’t get me. They struggle it once more subsequent 12 months.

‘All these cash, they tried, however didn’t get it. They bought the coach years in the past.’

And when he was alerted to Guardiola’s complaints, Klopp mentioned: ‘Oh, horrible. I'm sorry. I apologise for that.

‘I had no thought about it. It by no means ought to occur, by no means.’

Liverpool additionally launched an announcement condemning ‘vile chanting’ and vandalism brought on by Metropolis supporters at Anfield.

A Liverpool spokesperson mentioned: ‘We're deeply disillusioned to listen to vile chants referring to soccer stadium tragedies from the away part throughout right now’s recreation at Anfield.

‘The concourse within the away part was additionally vandalised with graffiti of the same nature.

‘We all know the affect such behaviour has on the households, survivors and all these related to such disasters.

‘We're working with the related authorities with the intention to do our utmost to make sure these chants are eradicated from soccer altogether.’

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