Guardiola insisted that the attack on the Manchester City coach had not affected his players PAUL ELLIS/Getty ImagesLiverpool’s stunning Champions League victory last night followed ugly scenes before kick-off when the City team coach was pelted with bottles and beer cans as it made its way through thousands of fans lining the streets outside the ground. The damage was substantial enough for City to have to arrange for a second vehicle to take Guardiola’s team back to Manchester afterwards, with Jürgen Klopp, the Liverpool manager, apologising for the disturbances, which are likely to prompt a police investigation today. Liverpool’s superiority means that if they score at the Etihad Stadium next Tuesday in the second leg of this quarter-final, City will have to plunder five, but despite that scenario Klopp insisted his team would have to “work like hell” to confirm their passage…

Source: The Times April 04, 2018 20:48 UTC