Liverpool assistant manager Pep Lijnders has called for the rivalry between his side and Manchester City to be underlined by respect, ahead of the two clubs meeting in the Carabao Cup on Thursday.
City and Liverpool have come together to attempt to put an end to the toxic rivalry building in recent meetings, which culminated in a bad-tempered Premier League clash in October. Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp was sent off, and City claimed coins were thrown at Pep Guardiola and his coaching staff.
Liverpool were furious at unacceptable chanting from the away end mocking the Hillsborough disaster, while offensive graffiti of a similar nature was left in the away concourse, before City also claimed their bus was attacked on the way out of Anfield. In response, the clubs have moved to calm relations, and this week sent a letter to fans signed by City CEO Ferran Soriano and Liverpool CEO Billy Hogan to ask supporters for help in reporting the minority of fans engaging in 'unacceptable' behaviour.
