Gary Neville offers ‘brutal’ prediction of what Anfield will do to Man City players when they face Liverpool
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As fate would have it, Manchester City’s first match since being found guilty of breaking a raft of Premier League financial rules comes against Liverpool.By just about any metric, the Reds were the team most affected by City’s creative accounting over the years, with Jurgen Klopp’s team of 2018-2022 missing out on two Premier League titles despite racking up some of the highest points totals ever seen. What are your thoughts on Man City being found guilty?
Should Liverpool be awarded that 2013/14 title? 🤔 We are probably the club who has been impacted the most… Brendan Rodgers The Liverpool stadium will be a bear-pit, with supporters taking the chance to represent the whole of English football and let City know exactly what they think of them. Neville expects Anfield to respond to Man City chargesAfter the full revelation of City’s guilt over the weekend, next Sunday’s game has become one of the most anticipated Premier League fixtures in the competition’s 34-year history.There will be some pressure on Liverpool to get a result, but they can count on a little extra help from their supporters, who will do their best to create a cauldron-like atmosphere within the stadium.Speaking on The Overlap on Thursday, Neville claimed that it could be a reception like no team has ever had before in the Premier League.READ MORE: Jamie Carragher says one thing is especially annoying him about Man City from a Liverpool point of view“I think if they want an understanding of how angry the game [as a whole] is going to be, then Anfield will tell them a week on Sunday, like you would never believe,” said the Manchester United legend.“I suspect there may be banners, there’ll certainly be chanting, there’ll be a reception like you have never seen for them at Anfield.
“The players to be fair that are there will take the brunt of it, so will Maresca, the reality of it is on that day, but it will be a brutal day.”The crowd being up for it is not a guarantee that Liverpool will win, and there is a chance that City rise to the occasion and deploy an ‘us against the world’ mentality. They have already shown this season that they have the quality to beat most teams in the Premier League.But if Liverpool can use the power of the crowd and get on top of them early, it could be a chastening day for Maresca and the Man City squad.