See inside the Manchester City bus as Liverpool fans pelt it with bottles ahead of Champions League tie

Liverpool’s Champions League mauling of Manchester City will live long in the memory for Reds fans, and so will the welcome they gave their players…and Man City’s.

Jurgen Klopp urged his side’s fans to create the sort of atmosphere that Dortmund supporters used to when he was masterminding Bundesliga wins over Bayern Munich, and they did just that as both team buses arrived, hundreds of them lining the streets to and setting off flares to welcome the Reds team.

But when City’s coach arrived the mood changed somewhat from supportive to aggressive and some fans threw bottles at the coach in a bid to intimidate the players and first-team coach Manel Estiarte caught the scenes from inside the bus on his phone.

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It was Liverpool’s second victory over the Premier League leaders this season, keeping them as the only side to beat City in the league after January’s 4-3 win at Anfield, and it came in emphatic fashion, with three goals in 31 minutes.

Mo Salah opened the scoring, of course, with his 38th goal of the season after 12 minutes before a rejuvenate Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain smashed one in from 20-yards out eight minutes later. Sadio Mane scored his second in four days on the half-hour mark to leave Liverpool fans in dreamland.

In a rare showing of impotence from City, Loris Karius in the Reds goal didn’t have a single save to make all night, meaning Guardiola’s side have it all to do in the second leg at the Etihad. But this Champions League quarter-final tie is by no means over; remember Barcelona against PSG last season anyone?

As you can imagine, Guardiola was not happy about the reception his team and their bus got on arrival at Anfield and after the game questioned how it was allowed to happen.

“Yesterday you explained, I am new here, that it is going to happen. Normally when the police know it is going to happen, they tried to avoid it from happening,” Guardiola told reporters. “So I did not expect that from the Liverpool side, their people. One year ago something happened in Dortmund so we come here to play football and I don’t understand this kind of situation.

“The bus is destroyed but I did not expect a prestigious club like Liverpool doing this kind of thing. It is not Liverpool, it is the people, only one, two or three but hopefully it does not happen again.”

Liverpool midfielder James Milner also tweeted a video from inside the home team bus, as fans lined the streets to welcome their heroes for the Champions League quarter-final clash.

Former Anfield legend and BT pundit Steven Gerrard was not impressed, however and said the scenes “soured the night for the club”.

He said: “We want a great atmosphere and we want to make it hostile for the opposition but certain individuals have overstepped the line and it’s bang out of order.”

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp also apologies for the scenes. “I really don’t understand it,” he said before the game. “We tried everything to prevent a situation like that. When we came through it was obviously very positive. For Liverpool FC I have to say sorry.”

But Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany didn’t seem that bothered, saying: “It was OK. I don’t mind supporters doing that – I’ve had it a couple of times for my team and it’s a nice feeling.

“I am fine with it as long as no one gets hurt. It doesn’t change anything [for the players]. As long as you keep the violence down, there’s nothing wrong with it.” Team-mate midfielder Kevin De Bruyne added there was “nothing wrong with it”.

Merseyside Police match commander Superintendent Paul White said the force “will conduct enquiries to identify who was responsible and bring them to justice”.

He added: “The officers and stewards are there to protect the public and keep them safe. It is disappointing to see that a number of people behaved in this appalling way.”