'Be hostile' - Viral Liverpool tweet urges 'horrible' Man City welcome

A viral tweet is urging Liverpool fans to 'make the streets red' around Anfield to ensure a hostile arrival for Manchester City's team coach.

City are desperately out of form and head to Anfield with their title chances on the line, according to manager Pep Guardiola and Ilkay Gundogan. They have lost five and drawn one of their last six games stretching back a month, including three defeats in their last three Premier League games.

Recent trips to Liverpool have seen off-field issues overshadow the football, including incidents involving City's team bus arriving and leaving Anfield. City fans have also been reported for poor behaviour in the away end, while clashes at the Etihad have also seen unsavoury incidents between the fanbases.

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Both clubs and the authorities will be hoping to avoid a repeat of those negative headlines, with City focussed on addressing their slump in form and Liverpool riding high after beating Real Madrid this week.

In the build-up to the showdown, some Liverpool fans are hoping to recreate previous iconic scenes where they have gathered outside Anfield before the game to try and intimidate the City coach as it arrives at the stadium.

A viral social media post, which has been shared hundreds of times and seen by 500,000 people, has asked Liverpool fans to 'bring flares, pyros and smoke grenades' to Anfield Road, and 'cover other routes too'. Last season, a similar attempt to 'greet' the Blues bus was thwarted when City took an alternative road towards Anfield and entered using a back entrance.

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