Brother of Sean Cox condemns Man City for singing vile song about Liverpool

The brother of a Liverpool fan who was left fighting for his life after being attacked by a Roma supporter has condemned Manchester City players following the emergence of a video which shows them singing a vile song about the Reds.

Ilkay Gundogan, Kyle Walker and Vincent Kompany are among the City players who can be seen passing around the Premier League trophy as they celebrate beating Liverpool to the title, while chanting to the tune of the famous Kop song 'Allez, Allez, Allez' can be heard in the background.

On the plane after their 4-1 victory over Brighton they appear to sing a song chanted by City fans this season: 'All the way to Kiev, To end up in defeat, Crying in the stands, And battered on the streets, Kompany injured Salah, Victims of it all, Sterling won the double, The Scousers won f*** all, Allez, allez, allez.'

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In the song, the 'battered in the streets' lyric seemingly refers to attacks on Liverpool fans in Kiev ahead of last year's Champions League final against Real Madrid.

Some Liverpool fans online interpreted it as referencing Sean Cox, who was left fighting for his life after being attacked by a Roma supporter on a street outside Anfield prior to a Champions League semi-final first-leg clash last season, in April 2018.

And Sean's brother Martin is furious with the City stars who sung the song. He told Radio City : 'If I'm honest I'm disgusted. Singing and chanting those words, it's like it gives the impression that it's okay for people to carry out attacks like that on people in the streets.

'It's a matter very close to our hearts and whether they say it's about Sean or not, the first thing I think about is Sean being attacked.'

'It wasn't long ago that a Manchester City fan was attacked in Germany, so why they think it's okay to sing songs about people being attacked on the streets when one of their own was attacked not long ago is very naive.'

'I feel like the players themselves have let their club down and the majority of their fans,' he added. 'Liverpool themselves have only acted in a dignified way since we lost the league last Sunday.

'The first thing our manager did was come out and congratulate Man City and their players. They congratulated City on having such a great season.

'I think they've tarnished themselves now by coming out with songs like that because at the end of the day they are professional footballers and they've only let themselves down and their club down.

'They've also sent out the wrong message. At the end of the day professional footballers are role models to kids and in this day and age every professional footballer will be media trained, so it is surely sending out the wrong message.'