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Liverpool fans accuse Manchester City of cheating ahead of match

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Liverpool fans accuse Manchester City of cheating ahead of match

Many Liverpool supporters accused Manchester City of financial cheating before their league meeting at Anfield. An independent commission found that the club had artificially inflated its revenue by £830 million between 2009-10 and 2017-18, according to Vetogate.

Many Liverpool supporters accused Manchester City of not playing by the rules ahead of their Premier League match on Sunday 11 October at Anfield, Vetogate reports.

Gathered outside Liverpool’s stadium, supporters chanted hostile slogans at Manchester City’s players, calling them, among other things, “cunning thieves”. Liverpool face Manchester City in the English Premier League.

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