Manchester City's title winners have been filmed mocking Liverpool by appearing to sing a vile song referring to Jurgen Klopp's side as 'victims' and their fans being 'battered on the streets'.
Ilkay Gundogan, Kyle Walker and Vincent Kompany are among the City players who can be seen passing around the Premier League trophy and appear to be singing to the tune of the famous Kop song 'Allez, Allez, Allez' as they celebrate beating Liverpool to the league title.
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.'
The 'battered in the streets' lyric seemingly refer to attacks on Liverpool fans in Kiev ahead of last year's Champions League final against Real Madrid.
However, Liverpool fans have been quick to condemn the chant on social media, and have accused the City players of singing about Sean Cox, who was left fighting for his life after being attacked by a Roma supporter prior to a Champions League semi-final first-leg clash last season, in April 2018. One fan wrote: 'City players singing about Sean Cox nearly dying. Classy.'
Another said: 'Imagine winning the league and singing about a fan of another team almost dying and being in a coma'
While another put: 'Song about a fellow pro getting injured and a Liverpool supporter being put in intensive care? This song's bad enough when it's sang by the fans. Classy. Real classy.'
While the allusion to 'victims' could refer to Liverpool fans' longstanding search for justice after the Hillsborough disaster in 1989 in which 96 supporters died.
Manchester City have been contacted for a statement.