COVID proved the value of home support, as every PL club, including City, lost a higher proportion of home games than during a traditional season.
Subsequently, a new phrase GAMES WITHOUT CROWDS has entered football vocabulary, yet only seems to be used by the media in relation to City's 4-1 victory at Anfield in 2021-22.
They might have a point about the Anfield hostility, particularly in relation to Raheem Sterling's pathetically limp performances for City at Liverpool.
Indeed, Pep's record at Anfield is undeniably poor with only 6 Pl points from a possible 24.
16-17 L
17-18 L
18-19 D
19-20 L
20-21 W
21-22 D
22-23 L
23-24 D
However, whilst asserting that the Anfield support is far superior to anything else on Planet Earth, the media never seem to make the obvious comparison with Klopp's Pl record at the "plastic" atmosphere of the ETIHAD during the same period.
Perhaps, it's because Klopp's Pl record at the ETIHAD during the same period is actually worse.
16-17 D
17-18 L
18-19 L
19-20 L
20-21 D
21-22 D
22-23 L
23-24 D
THIS MEANS MORE my fucking arse!