Man City confirm they ‘removed worker’ from Etihad Stadium position amid fan fury

Manchester City have dismissed a bar worker who wore a Manchester United shirt for their Premier League derby on Sunday. Ahead of City’s 3-0 win, a fan took to social media with an image of the worker on the concourse of block 315 at the Etihad Stadium. A controversial choice of attire left City fans annoyed ahead of kick-offGetty The crest of their bitter rivals United could be seen on his shirt whilst he was serving customers before kick-off. Other supporters expressed their annoyance on X, with one calling it a ‘joke’ and another asked ‘How did he get there in the first place!’ The City Fan Support account later responded to a post which labelled it as an ‘absolute joke’, where they said: “Thank you for making us aware of this. “We can confirm that this individual has now been removed from their position.” Moments before the Premier League clash got underway, both sets of fans paid tribute to Ricky Hatton. The former boxing world champion has sadly died at the age of 46, and was an avid City fan. Phil Foden headed the hosts into the lead in the 18th minute before Erling Haaland netted two goals in the second half. Pep Guardiola’s side, who saw Gianluigi Donnarumma make his debut in goal, have risen to eighth in the league. Victory was their first against United since the Community Shield in August 2024. It has also seen them bounce back from two consecutive defeats to Tottenham and Brighton. A United shirt was on display on the home concourse at City@Mataniels X What’s next for City? City return to the Etihad Stadium on Thursday night for their first Champions League league phase fixture against Napoli. The match, live on talkSPORT 2, will see club legend Kevin De Bruyne return to Manchester for the first time since his summer exit. A trip to Arsenal follows on Sunday, where a win would push them back into the title race after falling short last season. City then travel to Huddersfield Town in the Carabao Cup third round before ending the month at home to Burnley. Monaco and Brentford are their final two opponents ahead of the October international break.

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Man City confirm they ‘removed worker’ from Etihad Stadium position amid fan fury

Manchester City have dismissed a bar worker who wore a Manchester United shirt for their Premier League derby on Sunday.

Ahead of City’s 3-0 win, a fan took to social media with an image of the worker on the concourse of block 315 at the Etihad Stadium.

A controversial choice of attire left City fans annoyed ahead of kick-off

The crest of their bitter rivals United could be seen on his shirt whilst he was serving customers before kick-off.

Other supporters expressed their annoyance on X, with one calling it a ‘joke’ and another asked ‘How did he get there in the first place!’

The City Fan Support account later responded to a post which labelled it as an ‘absolute joke’, where they said: “Thank you for making us aware of this.

“We can confirm that this individual has now been removed from their position.”

Moments before the Premier League clash got underway, both sets of fans paid tribute to Ricky Hatton.

The former boxing world champion has sadly died at the age of 46, and was an avid City fan.

Phil Foden headed the hosts into the lead in the 18th minute before Erling Haaland netted two goals in the second half.

Pep Guardiola’s side, who saw Gianluigi Donnarumma make his debut in goal, have risen to eighth in the league.

Victory was their first against United since the Community Shield in August 2024.

It has also seen them bounce back from two consecutive defeats to Tottenham and Brighton.

A United shirt was on display on the home concourse at City

What’s next for City?

City return to the Etihad Stadium on Thursday night for their first Champions League league phase fixture against Napoli.

The match, live on talkSPORT 2, will see club legend Kevin De Bruyne return to Manchester for the first time since his summer exit.

A trip to Arsenal follows on Sunday, where a win would push them back into the title race after falling short last season.

City then travel to Huddersfield Town in the Carabao Cup third round before ending the month at home to Burnley.

Monaco and Brentford are their final two opponents ahead of the October international break.