CL: Pep Guardiola questions protection offered to attacked Manchester City bus

Pep Guardiola PicAFPManchester City manager Pep Guardiola questioned the organisation of his sides arrival at Anfield after Citys team bus was pelted by bottles and cans ahead of their highlycharged Champions League quarterfinal at Liverpool on Wednesday Liverpool were forced to apologise after windows were broken and two police officers injured by missiles thrown ahead of Liverpools 30 win Guardiola was warned about the hostile reception his side would receive in his prematch press conference on Tuesday and queried why more protection wasnt offered to his playersYesterday you the media explain about that but I am new here for the Champions League You explained about that is going to happen and it happened said the Catalan coach Normally when the police know that is going to happen it is to try and avoid it happening Guardiola also suggested more protection should be given to team buses in general with this latest attack coming a year after a bomb attack on Borussia Dortmunds bus ahead of their Champions League quarterfinal against Monaco One year ago something happened in Dortmund We come here to play football it is sport and I dont understand this kind of situation added Guardiola The bus is destroyed But I dont expect this from Liverpool such a prestigious club to do this sort of thingsOf course is not liverpool it is the people but hopefully it doesnt happen again Liverpool supporters surrounded the roads around Anfield and let off flares in a frenzied atmosphere for the clubs first Champions League quarterfinal in nine years The bus was reportedly rendered unusable by the damage and City sent for another for the short 55km 35mile journey home Liverpool swiftly issued a statement of their own pledging to identify the culprits The club condemns in the strongest possible terms the scenes which preceded our Champions League quarterfinal which resulted in damage being inflicted on the Manchester City team bus during their arrival at Anfield the statement read We apologise unreservedly to Pep Guardiola his players staff and officials caught up in the incident The behaviour of a number of individuals was completely unacceptable and the club will cooperate fully with the authorities to identify those responsibleThe priority now is to establish the facts and offer Manchester City whatever support is necessary Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp also apologised saying I really dont understand it We tried everything to prevent a situation like that For Liverpool FC I have to say sorry Merseyside Police said they would launch enquiries to find the culprits of what they described as appalling behaviour Thankfully no one on the bus was injured but injuries were caused to two of our officers when projectiles were thrown towards the bus said match commander superintendent Paul White in a statement This behaviour by a number of people who threw bottles cans and pyrotechnics towards the bus is completely unacceptable and we will conduct enquiries to identify who was responsible and bring them to justice We worked very closely with both clubs to ensure the safety of the public and the teams themselves and it is disappointing to see that a number of people behaved in this appalling wayCatch up on all the latest sports news and updates here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever