Unrespectable audience: the ugly side of Manchester City and Liverpool fans | Israel today

The game between England's two biggest teams, in which Liverpool beat Manchester City 0:1 yesterday (Sunday), did not make a big noise in the table.

Pep Guardiola's team is still second (4 points behind leaders Arsenal), and Jurgen Klopp's team is still trailing behind due to a bad start to the season.

On the other hand, those who did make noise were the fans of both teams, but it seems that they grabbed headlines for the wrong, ugly reasons, which tarnished the boiling and high-quality meeting on the grass at Anfield.

Shortly after the match, it was the Liverpool management that issued the following official statement: "We were very disappointed to hear vile chants related to the tragedies on the football pitches from the away fans at today's match at Anfield".

Liverpool FC has released a statement following today's match against Manchester City at Anfield.

— Liverpool FC (@LFC) October 16, 2022

The words were aimed at the City fans of course, who chose to "cheer" their team by teasing the Liverpool fans, making a mocking reference to the Hillsborough disaster, in which 96 Mets fans were killed in 1989.

The City fans, according to the announcement, also caused damage to the Ben Yishvo stand, including spraying graffiti, and the words of the Liverpool management ended as follows: "We know the impact of this type of behavior on the families, the survivors and everyone connected to the disasters in question."

Manchester City fans.

Disrespectful, photo: Reuters

The managements of both teams are expected to cooperate in the investigation of the incident, but not only City fans crossed the line of good taste.

The red fans also acted in an unacceptable way.

The accusing finger was pointed at them by the City coach, Pep Guardiola, who said at the end of the game that some Liverpool fans threw coins at him during the game.

However, Guardiola also treated the ugly incident with humor when he said: "They tried to hurt me, but the coins didn't touch me. They will probably improve until next time."

Pep on Liverpool fans throwing coins at him and Man City staff #Pep pic.twitter.com/nHXldZuvgD

— The Pep (@GuardiolaTweets) October 16, 2022 Were we wrong?

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