Football
Pep
Guardiola has apologised if any offence was caused by a video which appeared to
show Manchester City’s players singing a song about Liverpool fans being
‘battered in the streets’.
The
video, shared widely on social media earlier this week, was apparently taken on
a plane after City won the Premier League title with last Sunday’s defeat of
Brighton.
A
version of the ‘Allez, Allez, Allez’ chant can be heard in the footage, with
lyrics altered from the original to reference Liverpool losing last season’s
Champions League final in Kyiv.
There
also lines that discuss Vincent Kompany, the Manchester City captain, injuring
Reds forward Mohamed Salah, and one which seems to take joy in Liverpool fans
being ‘battered in the streets’.
While
Manchester City denied claims this referred to the violent assault of Sean Cox
by a Roma fan last year, his brother, Martin, told talkSPORT it is
‘inappropriate’ for players to sing about any individuals being beaten up.
He
said on Wednesday: “Any song like that, these players are media trained in this
day and age and are role models for children.
“I don’t understand why the first thing they
want to do, right after they win the league title, is sing about Liverpool,
first of all, and then actually sing about fans getting battered in the
streets.
Sean
Cox was left in critical condition after being assaulted by three Italian men
last April
City
say the ‘battered in the streets’ line is instead a reference to the Liverpool
supporters who were assaulted by masked hooligans ahead of last season’s
Champions League final defeat by Real Madrid.
Guardiola
was asked about the chant in his press conference ahead of Saturday’s FA Cup
final, which pits his City side against a Watford team hoping to win their
first ever major silverware.
“It
was not what people say,” Guardiola said. “If you could imagine just for one
second that we could offend about what this tragedy is about, all the Liverpool
people.
“If
someone was offended for another issue I apologise, but it wasn’t our
intention. We were happy for ourselves.
“We
celebrated for ourselves and how happy we were to win this Premier League
against an incredible contender.”
Credit:
www.talksport.com
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