My day in the pub with Man City fans – Mansour chants, hugs and utter defiance

“Do you really want to see this team destroyed?” says Mike, a Manchester City fan, after the brilliance of Rayan Cherki’s touch had produced the third, killer goal at Anfield. We are talking in the most fervently City pub Manchester has to offer. The Mary D has the badge everywhere. One wall, on the way to the gents, has a huge image of Sergio Aguero, shirt off, celebrating that goal. From 2009-2018, is the time Manchester City are accused of fraudulently exaggerating their income. Or put another way, the way Liverpool would like to put it, cheating.