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Fans contact police over Man City fan allegedly doing ‘plane gesture’ during 8-0 win against Salford

Fans contact police over a Man City fan allegedly seen doing a ‘plane gesture’ during the 8-0 win against Salford in the FA Cup Third Round.

Paul Manc Bald and Bred (@MufcWonItAll2) uploaded footage of Man City fans doing the Poznan celebration with the scoreline at 7-0.

Now the clip has gone viral and fans on social media have urged Greater Manchester Police to take action against the Manchester City supporter.

This alleged gesture is considered a form of tragedy chanting, which involves referencing tragic events to taunt opposition fans.

The gesture has led to arrests in the past, as seen when a fan was detained for a similar act during a Manchester derby.

Tragedy chanting can result in fans being banned from attending matches and facing legal repercussions, as outlined by the Crown Prosecution Service’s guidance.

TV producer Philip J Reynolds tweeted: “Hopefully @gmpolice can trace the seat number & he’ll feel the full force of the law. Vile behaviour by a grown man.”

A James McAtee scored a hat-trick, Jeremy Doku produced two goals and two assists, Jack Grealish netted a penalty, and Nico O’Reilly and Divin Mubama were also on target.

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola, speaking to BBC Match of the Day: “We won finally a game with a good margin, all respect for Salford. It was not easy with the man marking but we were clinical up front and happy with the performance.”

On James McAtee: “I’m so happy for him, he’s a special player. Scoring a hat-trick is not easy. He started a little bit flat but afterwards he has incredible sense in front of goal. He has the right tempo, he changed the rhythm to score.

“So I’m really happy for him and for Nico O’Reilly, who was playing a position he’d never played before at left-back. We have a lot of problems in that position. We could have played Josko [Gvardiol] or Rico [Lewis] but they need to rest with the amount of games that are coming and that they’ve played in the past.

“Jeremy [Doku] played really good, so happy for everyone.

“Of course, [McAtee] can play better. He scored three goals but he can play better. First half was not his best but his work ethic, his composure and his rhythm… he’s a special player.

“He’s been at City for a long time, a City supporter and he was one of the biggest talents at the academy from the generation of Jadon Sancho, Cole Palmer, Morgan Rogers and Liam Delap. He played with these guys and was the captain of them.

“I’m really, really pleased he’s here with us.”

On Jack Grealish ending his goal drought: “He made a good assist as well, not just the goal. He scored a goal, made an assist. Jack’s a special player, not always one to score a lot of goals but it depends on him.

“If he can perform well, he’ll take the opportunity to keep going and going.

“All the players depend on the performance in training sessions and when they have minutes to play. It’s simple, not just for Jack, for all of them.

“I’ve been manager here for more than 500 games and we’ve made an incredible 487 or 488 games. Then we had 11, 12 or 13 bad games.

“The problem that we’ve had is that we’ve had an incredible amount of injuries so we could not train and we could not compete. It’s so difficult but step by step, people are coming back.

“This season or maybe next season, new players come in and you have to fight for your position. When someone pushes you, you have competition and you give your best.”

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Salford boss Karl Robinson speaking to BBC Match of the Day: “You always know you’re at the mercy of the quality of the competition. Man City and Pep have never disrespected anybody and tonight they showed us why they are what they are and why he is who he is. It’s about dusting ourselves off, we’ve come on so much in 12 months and to be where we are in the league. We have one goal and that is to get out of this league. This is a glimmer of what we want to be and we know we’ve got so much to improve and we know where we want to be.

“I said to the players I would have taken eight goals conceded in seven games, I just didn’t expect them to all come in one. We’re proud of them, I really am. They never let me down. We make human error but that’s part of the level we’re at. Some of the things we weren’t so good at, we’ll make sure we’re better. We’ll learn because of today.

“For me, it’s not a case of me trying to pick them up or have a go at them. You take it in the chin. You hope for these glamour ties and we managed to get it. This was never a game we would look at and use as a disappointment moving forward. We make sure we plan properly for our next game.”

Some fans decided to contact police over the Man City fan allegedly doing ‘plane gesture’ during the 8-0 win against Salford…

@michaelbrett14: I am a city fan he should be named shame on him

@ash_mccutcheon: Lad doing the plane gesture needs banned, also embarrassing doing the bouncy against a league two side

@PeteB1986: And just like that, he finds himself at the dole office Monday 🤣

@madconcarp: The guy clearly knows what he is doing.

@colinwooldridge: @gmpolice @ManCity I do hope you take action against the dickhead that’s just been on @BBCOne during the Man City vs @SalfordCityFC game imitating a plane mocking the Munich air disaster

@nik8000: Disgusting really. I hate Any fan, of ANY club, including my own, that resorts to tragedy chanting, or mimicking, or banner raising. If that’s you, kin sort yer head out. People died ffs. State of you. Bet yer ma wished your dribbled down her leg instead 🤦‍♂️

@RosssEdmonds: Scumbag. Let’s make that prick famous.

@jordanwalker89: Absolutely disgusting and embarrassing behaviour, everything that’s wrong with football, should get a lifetime ban….as should laddo doing plane gestures!

@MUFC7A: @ManCity you could see that from the Salford end. What have you done about it?

@JSWC1995: @ManCity @gmpolice I think you need to have a look at this.

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