MANCHESTER CITY are frustrated and baffled that nobody has been punished for the attack on their team bus at Anfield last month.
Liverpool will be in the Uefa dock today to answer TEN charges against them spread over four Champions League matches.
And four of those relate to the ordeal Pep Guardiola and his City men went through as they made their way to the stadium on April 4.
The vehicle was pelted with bottles, flares and cans and the damage was so bad it was declared unfit to take the squad home at the end of their quarter-final tie.
Eight weeks since the game took place, no arrests have being made and there are no details of suspects they want to speak to.
City were angry with the way police dealt with the situation — particularly as they knew it could happen well in advance.
A spokesman for Merseyside Police said: “No arrests have been made and our appeal is on-going.”
So City will be interested to see whether Uefa take any action when four charges against Liverpool are heard today.
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Their fans are in trouble for setting off fireworks, throwing objects, acts of damage and crowd disturbance on April 4.
A Uefa spokesperson said: “The charges of acts of damage and crowd disturbances relate to incidents involving the Manchester City bus.
“This case will be dealt with by the Uefa Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body on 31 May.”
The likelihood is the Reds will be given a fine and a warning although Uefa could force them to play a Champions League match behind closed doors.
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Liverpool will also face a further two charges from the return leg at the Etihad the following week.
And the beaten Champions League finalists have also been hit with four more charges from the two legs of their semi-final with Roma.
City boss Guardiola will also discover the extent of his touchline ban after he was sent to the stands during the second leg of the tie against Liverpool.
Meanwhile, former Liverpool midfielder Didi Hamann has slammed blunder keeper Loris Karius after his Champions League horror show.
Karius made two public apologies after he gifted Karim Benzema Real Madrid’s opener in Kiev and then fumbled Gareth Bale’s killer third over the line.
But Hamann, who played 263 games in seven seasons at Anfield, suggested his fellow German had reaped what he had sown.
Hamann told German newspaper Bild: “Liverpool fans forgive their stars almost everything, with one exception — if your ego does not match your performances.
“Karius drives through Liverpool with a personalised ‘LK1’ on his car, making waves in the city with the way he behaves.
“Cristiano Ronaldo can afford to behave like such a celebrity in Madrid. He has won the Champions League five times.
“But Karius has not achieved anything in his career. He is lucky that he got the chance at Liverpool.
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“It was like a move to the World Cup for him, under Jurgen Klopp.
“But instead of being big-time, he should be more humble. It is why my sympathy for him is limited.
“And the way he seemed to put suffering on himself after the final whistle was just as unnecessary as the tears and his pleas for absolution.”
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