At the end of an afternoon that had not gone to plan at all, Pep Guardiola had to apologize for the behavior of some Manchester City fans.

They had sung before the start of the semi-finals in the English cup competition at Wembley Stadium when silence was actually appropriate.

On Friday, exactly 33 years had passed since a stadium disaster happened in Hillsborough, in which a total of 97 people died because they also wanted to see an FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest.

Tobias Rabe

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When the dead were to be commemorated in London on Saturday, Manchester City supporters disrupted the minute's silence, which is so important to everyone from Liverpool, who has always suffered and fought for justice for the victims.

For years, spectator misconduct should have been the cause of the April 15, 1989 tragedy.

It was not until 27 years later that the jury of a commission investigating the course of events declared that it was actually serious mistakes by the police that led to the unbelievable catastrophe in the football stadium.

The 97th victim only died in July 2021 from the serious consequences.

After the disturbance, referee Michael Oliver ended the minute's silence.

The club apologized after the game in London.

"Manchester City is extremely disappointed by the actions of some City supporters during the minute's silence before tonight's game," a spokesman said on Saturday night.

Coach Guardiola was also angry.

"They don't represent who we are," he said.

Jürgen Klopp felt the chants were “wrong.

It was very strange," said the Liverpool boss.

“But Manchester City have apologized for it.

It's all right."

The city game was not okay, at least in the first half.

Six days ago, the giants of English football faced each other in the top game of the Premier League in Manchester.

At the time, Liverpool were very lucky that in the end there was no defeat - and thus probably the preliminary decision in the fight for the championship - but a 2-2.

Now Liverpool was superior and led 3-0 at the break.

Former Leipzig player Ibrahima Konaté gave the Reds the lead (9th minute), Sadio Mané added two goals (17th and 45th).

"That was the best first half we've ever played.

We did everything right," said Klopp.

“We were outstanding and much better than City.

I enjoyed every second.

We deservedly won.” The German coach was happier than ever because of the gala performance that his highly stressed players put on in the first half.

"It's incredible.

I'm absolutely proud.

We beat the strongest team in the world – and that is a very special moment.” The opponent in the final on May 14 will be played this Sunday (5:30 p.m. on DAZN).

Then coach Thomas Tuchel and Chelsea meet outsiders Crystal Palace in Wembley.

In the final of the FA Cup, which Klopp reached for the first time, Liverpool Football Club could then win their second title of the season.

The League Cup is already in the showcase.

In the end, winning the Premier League championship and winning the Champions League could even lead to a “quadruple”.

The view sounds breathtaking - and is accompanied by stress.

"Getting into this final makes the quadruple even more difficult," said Klopp.

"We won't have a week off until the end of the season.

Now we want to win the next game first.

Then we'll keep looking."

The wild chase through the schedule continues on Tuesday (9 p.m. on Sky).

Then the duel at arch-rivals Manchester United is on.

Slipping away is not advisable in the tight Premier League title race with City;

Liverpool are currently in second place, one point behind.

Only five days later, Everton, who are in danger of relegation, come to Anfield for the Liverpool derby.

After that, FC Villareal will travel to England for the first semi-final in the premier class.

Too much stress for four titles?

"It's a dream of ours," said double goalscorer Mané.

"We will fight for it."

Manchester City can "only" win the championship and the Champions League after being eliminated from the FA Cup.

Pep Guardiola's team only played better after half-time, but by then it was too late.

Jack Grealish (47') and Bernardo Silva (90'+1') scored.

Guardiola had to put up with criticism of his line-up.

In goal, for example, the second man was behind regular Ederson.

And Zack Steffen, once at Fortuna Düsseldorf, made a serious mistake when he conceded the second goal when he held the ball far too long and lost to Mané.

"It was an accident," said Guardiola.

A momentous one for City.