Liverpool vs Manchester City - CL Last 8 (1st Leg)

[dom9]

I think we can all agree that the DM is going to cover such things woefully. However, it is at least in line with their usual (terrible) coverage of all football related trouble.

I just think comparison to an age when violence around football was common place seems a bit of an odd choice. Society and football culture has moved on a lot. I'm genuinely glad to live at a time when this type of thing is worthy of mention rather than de rigueur.

Fair enough. But to be honest, pepper spraying players was pretty exceptional even in the 80s as far as my memory goes.

[Buzzo]

A City mate of mine was in corporate in the Main Stand. He said the fat men at the table next to him realised he was City and came over to his table, almost certainly charged up on coke, and got in his face calling him a "****ing Manc cunt". In hospitality ffs.

During the game he took his seat, cheered City on at one point and two of them climbed over three rows of seats to start on him.

I'm all for intimidating atmospheres but some of our lot have gone well overboard. Think it's gonna go off at their place - we need to make sure we behave ourselves.

100%

And the press know it. Articles like the DM one I stopped reading above only throw buckets of fuel on the fire.

I'd say trouble on Tuesday is almost unavoidable now, and the Mail journal will be stood watching ready to let everyone know how outraged they are.

Clearly there have been some laws broken, but the response has been massively over the top. Honestly, I dont think the footage is all that bad.

Arrests needed to be made for anyone chucking missiles and if that is 50 or so people then so be it. But it was hardly a threatening military raid, it was over in minutes FFS.

[BigChief]

This may taken wrongly, but I hope City fans shame themselves a little like we did. It would take any edge off whatever punishment Uefa may be planning for us. I remember the ban in the 80s and although it will be nothing that extreme the painful memories make you wary.

[Pablo]

The stuff that happened to their bus is something that's happened loads across Europe. It was OTT and deserves to be investigated. But it looked like there was loads of policing there, we did our bit as a club publicly to ask people to behave beforehand. I'm not sure how the club can be held accountable for the behaviour of some individuals that was totally out of their control?

Also City going public with their concerns in advance probably made twice as many people turn up. It backfired massively for them.

[Darkon]

Not sure why people are seeking to minimise this in this way. The fact the 80s was worse is in no sense a useful or valid defence. A fair amount was made of the United/West Ham incident for a while (at least in the London, although people usually accuse the press generally of being too London-centric). It's deeply unpleasant behaviour and the criticism is more than justified in my opinion.

[rodo]

seeing as loads of our lads have apparently got tickets through city putting them on general sale so i have been told a night of fun and games looks highly likely

[Slinky Skills]

What concerns me is United fans will join in on this, there will be some massive kick offs next week.

[Harv]

I wanted more to be honest. A few bottles and cans thrown at the bus. Pah!

They should've gone full Eastern Euro on them and rocked the bus until it nearly tipped over.

[Harv]

What concerns me is United fans will join in on this, there will be some massive kick offs next week.

Nothing a mace can't handle

[Leyton388]

I don't think anyone is trying to minimise the incident however the reaction has been over the top as usual by the media.

I seriously hope they find the pricks who bottled the bus but you'd have thought the bus was completely smashed up, people injured and a full riot was in process.

I await the media saying Connor Mcgregor was the ring leader .

[Fosterbloke]

We should have our players airlifted into their stadium and abseil down a rope. ****ing ave it!

[Chris]

Jurgen's PC in 10mins, dreading more injury news.

And ****house Manc journos need to stop whining. We get it far, far worse at Old Trafford.

[Shaggy]

seeing as loads of our lads have apparently got tickets through city putting them on general sale so i have been told a night of fun and games looks highly likely

Yep no doubt. A City mate offered me one in their end and I very nearly took it. **** that though. Every time I do it think 'never again'. Think I'm gonna watch it in town.

[Shaggy]

What concerns me is United fans will join in on this, there will be some massive kick offs next week.

I think enough of them will be bruised by a Saturday night derby v City to not fancy any more

Gonna go right off Saturday night.

[Fierce]

So potentially:

Back 5

Gini - Milner - AOC
Mane - Solanke - Firmino

Or, as Firmino has been mooted as a CAM:

Gini - Milner
Firmino
Mane - Solanke - AOC