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Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says he would prefer to play their game away to Manchester City at City's home ground, rather than a neutral venue. A decision on the 2 July Premier League match at Etihad Stadium will be made at a meeting of Manchester City Council's safety advisory group on Thursday. Police requested five games be played at neutral venues over safety concerns. "I would prefer it is at Manchester, otherwise it would be really difficult to organise it," Klopp said. "I don't know how it would be, but it would not be in Liverpool so it would mean we both have to go somewhere where we both need a hotel." Liverpool, who need five points to clinch their first league title in 30 years, face Crystal Palace on Wednesday. City are second in the table, 20 points behi...

Burnley are "ashamed and embarrassed" by a banner reading "White Lives Matter Burnley" that was towed by an aeroplane over Etihad Stadium during Monday's match against Manchester City. The aircraft circled over the stadium just after kick-off in City's 5-0 win. Burnley and City players and staff had taken a knee in support of the Black Lives Matter movement moments earlier. "Fans like that don't deserve to be around football," Clarets skipper Ben Mee told BBC Radio 5 Live. Defender Mee added: "We're ashamed, we're embarrassed. "It's a minority of our supporters - I know I speak for a massive part of our support who distance ourselves from anything like that. "It definitely had a massive impact on us to see that in the sky. "We are embarrassed that our name was in...

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Liverpool: Jurgen Klopp wants to play Man City at Etihad Stadium

Burnley ‘ashamed and embarrassed’ by banner flown above Etihad Stadium during Man City game