Liverpool apologise to Manchester City after bottles are hurled at team bus upon heated Anfield arrival
Reds fans organise a ‘coach welcome’ for their Premier League rivals, lining a side street where the team buses were known to be arriving at the ground
“We apologise unreservedly to Pep Guardiola, his players, staff and officials caught up in the incident,” Liverpool said in a statement.
Fans let off red flares and sang their club’s songs before the City coach arrived and beer cans were thrown at the bus. At least one bottle was thrown and smashed on the side of the bus but did not appear to break any of its windows.
City manager Pep Guardiola, whose team lost the match 3-0, was disappointed by the incident.
“Normally when the police know that is going to happen, they try to avoid it happening. I did not expect that from the Liverpool side, from the people,” the Spaniard said.
“We come here to play football and I don’t understand this kind of situation,” he said, adding that no players had been hurt.
“Nothing happen, the bus is destroyed. I didn’t expect that a club as prestigious as Liverpool would do these kind of things. Of course, it is not Liverpool, it is the people – it was only one, only two, only three. Hopefully, it doesn’t happen again,” he said.
European soccer’s governing body Uefa is likely to investigate the incident and Liverpool could face financial sanctions.