![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Now over 50 years old, the popular football show also airs on weekdays following midweek Premier League fixtures. It is the home of the longest-running football programme in the country, Match of the Day (MOTD), shown on Saturday evenings and Sunday mornings. It remains the UK's worst sporting disaster, with a jury at an inquest later ruling that the fans were unlawfully killed.BBC SPORT is the Premier League’s free-to-air highlights broadcast partner in the United Kingdom. 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's Hillsborough stadium, on 15 April 1989. In February, Manchester United and Leeds United "strongly condemned" chants about historic tragedies when they met at Elland Road. In November, the Football Association had expressed concerns over the rise of "abhorrent chants" related to stadium tragedies - including by fans of City and United on visits to Anfield. Last month, Liverpool and Manchester United managers Jurgen Klopp and Erik ten Hag called for an end to "tragedy chanting" in a joint statement before the two sides met. In 2018, City's bus was attacked before a Champions League quarter-final, when bottles, cans and flares were thrown.Ĭity manager Pep Guardiola said members of the Anfield crowd threw coins at him during October's league meeting, following which he apologised for supporter chants which referenced the Hillsborough and Heysel tragedies. October's reverse fixture between the two clubs at Anfield was also overshadowed by similar 'tragedy chanting'.Īn image also showed damage to the City windscreen after their 1-0 defeat, with detectives investigating a complaint of alleged criminal damage "Why aren't they reaching out to us? We are the ones who are picking up the pieces." "I can't believe this is happening all over again," he told BBC Radio Merseyside. Peter Scarfe, chair of the Hillsborough Survivors Support Alliance, said broadcaster BT should have lowered the crowd noise and called on City do do more. The Premier League condemned the chanting and said it was "treating the issue of tragedy chanting as a priority and as a matter of urgency". The chants taunting Liverpool fans were heard during the first half of the match.Ĭity added: "We 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." The club also said they were "disappointed" by "inappropriate chants" by their fans during the game. "An investigation has now been launched by Greater Manchester Police to identify and locate the offenders," GMP said in a statement. They said there were no injuries and the coach continued with its journey. Police said they incident took place at approximately 3.40pm on Ashton New Road close to the junction of Rowsley Street - the road behind the Etihad. "We will fully support Greater Manchester Police's investigation into this incident in any way we can." The Premier League champions added in a statement: "We strongly condemn the actions of the individual(s) responsible. "Incidents of this kind are totally unacceptable," City said. Greater Manchester Police has launched an investigation after reports of criminal damage. ![]()
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