Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard has criticised the fans who attacked the Manchester City team bus ahead of Wednesday night's Champions League quarter-final first leg at Anfield.
The Merseyside club rerouted the team bus's approach to the stadium amid safety concerns, after warning supporters earlier in the week that the use of pyrotechnics outside the ground was potentially illegal.
Despite the changes, hundreds of Reds fans lined the streets, and the Man City coach was hit with bottles and fireworks, shattering windows and rendering the vehicle unsuitable for the road, while red flares were also let off.
Gerrard, who spent the majority of his career at Liverpool, was seething at the scenes from outside Anfield and described the perpetrators as "overstepping the line".
"There's no need for it," Gerrard told BT Sport. "Scenes like this sour the night for the club. It is nothing that the club want to be associated with.
"We want a great atmosphere and we want to make it hostile for the opposition but certain individuals have overstepped the line and it's bang out of order."
Liverpool subsequently issued a statement apologising to Man City for the bus attack prior to the game, which finished 3-0 to the home team.
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