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Which banners did Liverpool fans display at Anfield against Man City?

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Adil, H. (2026, October 12). Which banners did Liverpool fans display at Anfield against Man City? Al Jazeera. https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2026/10/12/which-banners-did-liverpool-fans-display-at-anfield-against-man-city?traffic_source=rss

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Al Jazeera · collected 2026-10-12 · by Hafsa Adil

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Liverpool fans displayed numerous banners criticizing Manchester City during a Premier League match at Anfield following allegations that Man City breached financial rules. The most notable banner replaced every 'e' in "cheats" with a British pound sign 115 times, referencing the number of charges against the team. Fans also mocked former manager Pep Guardiola and his signings with creative references to Oasis lyrics, highlighting their disdain for how City won titles over the years.
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Man City faced intense criticism and jeers from Liverpool fans during their 3-0 win at Anfield. The game saw ten arrests, including five for tragedy chanting. A police officer sustained a serious facial injury while making an arrest. Captain Ruben Dias defended the team's celebrations despite being found guilty of over 100 charges related to financial fair play breaches. City remains top of the Premier League with six wins from six matches. The club has appealed the verdict and continues to face scrutiny in every match.

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Blues City Liverpool Man City Manchester City

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City ORG · 11× Liverpool ORG · 9× Blues ORG · 3× Man City ORG · 3× Manchester City ORG · 3× British NORP · 2× Oasis ORG · 2× Reds ORG · 2× the Premier League’s ORG · 2× Anfield ORG · 1×

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It was billed as one of the most emotionally charged club football matches in recent years with Liverpool’s historically vocal and disapproving fans promising a hostile reception for Manchester City as the Blues played their first match after being found guilty of breaching the Premier League’s financial rules.
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It was billed as one of the most emotionally charged club football matches in recent years with Liverpool’s historically vocal and disapproving fans promising a hostile reception for Manchester City as the Blues played their first match after being found guilty of breaching the Premier League’s financial rules. asserted
Blues → bill → rules
In the end, Manchester City walked away from it with three points in the bag and smiles on their faces but not without facing scorn from the Reds’ supporters at their famed Anfield Stadium in Liverpool. asserted
City → walk → Liverpool
The Blues evaded a much-anticipated “Anfield welcome” by avoiding the route usually taken by team buses driving into the venue. asserted
Blues → evade → venue
Instead, City’s bus was driven into the stadium via a different route and entrance, usually reserved for service vehicles on match days. asserted
bus → drive → days
While Enzo Maresca’s team avoided the flares, pyrotechnics and attacks on the bus that were meted out to City during their visit to Anfield for a UEFA Champions League match eight years ago, there was no escaping the chants and banners inside the stadium. asserted
that → avoid → stadium
The creativity of Liverpool fans was displayed on the streets lined with thousands of Reds fans before kickoff and inside Anfield once they unfurled their scathing banners in the stands. asserted
they → display → stands
Here’s a selection of the best banners and signs displayed inside Anfield on Sunday: asserted
selection → ’ → Sunday
The most direct attacks since the Premier League’s independent commission’s guilty verdict was announced have focused on the finding that City “arranged ‘sham’ contracts” with a number of its commercial partners. asserted
City → announce → partners
Man City were found guilty of 114 of the 115 charges, giving Liverpool fans the chance to create a wide, strip-like banner that carried the word “cheats” but with the British pound sign replacing the “e” 115 times. asserted
sign → find → e
The banner was held across the stand behind City’s goal. asserted
banner → hold → goal
Liam Gallagher, lead vocalist of the British rock band Oasis, is a self-admitted lifelong Man City fan. asserted
Gallagher → admit → band
Gallagher has been vocal in his support for City despite the charges and was among the travelling Blues supporters at Anfield. asserted
Gallagher → travel → Anfield
Liverpool fans picked on lyrics from some of Oasis’s biggest hits and creatively used them to mock City. asserted
fans → pick → City
The banner above takes a line from the hit song Stop Crying Your Heart Out. asserted
banner → take → Heart
A little creativity was needed for this banner, which carried a stanza from the song Where Did It All Go Wrong? asserted
It → need → song
A number of the titles that City won during the charged 2009-2018 period were with teams built around global football stars. asserted
City → win → stars
Liverpool’s supporters were among many in the Premier League who felt “cheated” during the years that City piled up domestic football trophies. asserted
City → feel → trophies
They made no secret of their feelings when given the chance at Anfield against Man City. asserted
They → make → City
Liverpool fans mocked the empire built by City’s former manager Pep Guardiola, who signed some of the biggest names during his decade-long run at the helm, which brought 20 trophies. asserted
which → mock → trophies
Manchester City fans had their own way of mocking Liverpool. asserted
fans → have → Liverpool
They waved inflatable bananas at the away end, a reference to a decades-long tradition when a City fan took a blow-up banana to a game in 1987. asserted
fan → wave → 1987
It also served as a dig at then-Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard, who slipped during a match against Chelsea in the 2013-2014 season when the 0-2 loss to the London club set off a series of results that saw City clinch a come-from-behind Premier League title. asserted
City → serve → title
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