Manchester ribbing
Before the match, as Manchester City’s travelling support filed in for the latest episode of their gripping title chase, Leeds United’s home faithful welcomed them. “Where were you, when you were —-? Where were you, when you were —-?”
After that nod to the days when City were in the second and third tiers as recently as 2002, there came a more unifying number about the red lot everyone inside Elland Road hates: “Shoes off, if you hate Man U! Shoes off, if you hate Man U!” A few in the City end could not resist.