{"id":53152,"date":"2023-04-02T09:15:02","date_gmt":"2023-04-02T09:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/02\/manchester-city-condemn-attack-on-liverpools-bus\/"},"modified":"2023-04-02T09:15:02","modified_gmt":"2023-04-02T09:15:02","slug":"manchester-city-condemn-attack-on-liverpools-bus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/02\/manchester-city-condemn-attack-on-liverpools-bus\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester City condemn attack on Liverpool’s bus"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Manchester City have \u201cstrongly condemned\u201d the actions of those responsible for damage to the Liverpool team coach on its journey back from the Etihad Stadium on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The club said an object was thrown towards the coach in a residential area after City\u2019s 4-1 Premier League win.<\/p>\n

City and Liverpool will support Greater Manchester Police\u2019s investigation.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIncidents of this kind are totally unacceptable,\u201d the Premier League champions said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe strongly condemn the actions of the individual(s) responsible.\u201d<\/p>\n

The club also said they were \u201cdisappointed\u201d by \u201cinappropriate chants\u201d by their fans during the game.<\/p>\n

The chants taunting Liverpool fans were heard during the first half of the match.<\/p>\n

City\u2019s statement added: \u201cWe regret any offence these chants may have caused and will continue to work with supporter groups and officials from both clubs to eradicate hateful chanting from this fixture.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Premier League condemned the chanting and said it was \u201ctreating the issue of tragedy chanting as a priority and as a matter of urgency\u201d.<\/p>\n

October\u2019s reverse fixture between the two clubs at Anfield was also overshadowed by similar \u2018tragedy chanting\u2019.<\/p>\n

An image also showed damage to the City windscreen after their 1-0 defeat, with detectives investigating a complaint of alleged criminal damage<\/p>\n

In 2018, City\u2019s bus was attacked before a Champions League quarter-final, when bottles, cans and flares were thrown.<\/p>\n

City manager Pep Guardiola said members of the Anfield crowd threw coins at him during October\u2019s league meeting, following which he apologised for supporter chants which referenced the Hillsborough and Heysel tragedies.<\/p>\n

Last month, Liverpool and Manchester United managers Jurgen Klopp and Erik ten Hag called for an end to \u201ctragedy chanting\u201d in a joint statement before the two sides met.<\/p>\n

In November, the Football Association had expressed concerns over the rise of \u201cabhorrent chants\u201d related to stadium tragedies \u2013 including by fans of City and United on visits to Anfield.<\/p>\n

In February, Manchester United and Leeds United \u201cstrongly condemned\u201d chants about historic tragedies when they met at Elland Road.<\/p>\n

Ninety-seven Liverpool fans lost their lives as a result of a crush at an FA Cup semi-final against Nottingham Forest, at Sheffield Wednesday\u2019s Hillsborough stadium, on 15 April 1989.<\/p>\n

It remains the UK\u2019s worst sporting disaster, with a jury at an inquest later ruling that the fans were unlawfully killed.<\/p>\n

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