'Nothing lasts forever': Simon Jordan slams 'discourteous' Liverpool fans over Pep Guardiola chants
Liverpool fans are “discourteous” and showed a lack of respect towards Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola.
That is the view of talkSPORT co-host Simon Jordan, who has stated red Fans savoring the demise of Citizens have left a bad taste in their mouths.
Liverpool beat City 2-0 at Anfield on Sunday, condemning a fourth successive Premier League defeat to their title rivals.
Goals from Cody Gakpo and Mohamed Salah made the difference to extend the Merseyside team's lead. City to 11 points.
The blatant “you'll be fired in the morning” taunts were directed at Guardiola by Liverpool fans in the final minutes.
The Spaniard smirked at the song and held up six fingers to indicate his six Premier League titles from the touchline, and once again in the away half at full-time.
Even though Guardiola saw the funny side, or at least seemed to, the behavior of the Liverpool fans did not sit well with the former Crystal Palace owner. Jordan.
He said of White and Jordan: “There is an element among Liverpool fans that is one of the most rude when it comes to respecting other football clubs, based on the fact that they hate losing.
“We had a call last week who spent the whole time telling me at full speed that I hadn't attributed any glory to Liverpool because about eight weeks ago I said they hadn't beaten anyone yet, which eight weeks ago they had.” 't.
“Using the same argument now and having got my team up there under my ownership and every time we played Liverpool, you got a result at Liverpool – the fans were terrible.
“Their fans didn't like you celebrating goals, they didn't like you doing anything, in the director's box their stewards told me to sit down when we beat them 2-0 in the FA Cup because they didn't think it was appropriate that we were celebrating. a goal although they can celebrate whatever they want.
“I thought Pep Guardiola's reaction was good, he's won six, you can't take him seriously.
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“I don't think he did and I think the important observation he made was that when you win you laugh and when you lose people laugh at you and that's a fact.
“And he can see that and is big and bold enough to understand it, I think he did it with a sense of humor.
“Guardiola says it's a simple fact, you can ask me to be fired, but I've won six Premier Leagues in a row and nothing lasts forever.”
Arne Slot's side were in control for most of the match, with Salah and Virgil van Dijk wasting numerous golden opportunities in what could have been a rout.
City, on the other hand, looked a long way from the serial trophy-winning team fans are more accustomed to, with the club now seven games without a win in all competitions.
They now hold the unwanted record of becoming the first defending Premier League champions to lose four consecutive games in the competition.
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Speaking to Sky Sports in his post-match interview, Guardiola addressed the chants and his gesture to the Liverpool fans.
He commented: “Maybe they're right! I didn't expect that at Anfield. Maybe they should have sung it in the past. I didn't expect it from the Liverpool people, but it's okay!”
The City manager's reaction also moved Liverpool fan Phil, who called White and Jordan to give them his opinion on the situation.
“I think Pep is one of the best coaches this country has ever seen,” he said. “He's better than all of us, like all the fans, all the Liverpool fans.”
“For years, fans have chanted this ironic and humorous phrase of 'You'll be fired in the morning.'
“No Liverpool fan believes they are going to sack him in the morning because they will probably win the Champions League and they will finish strong.
“In my opinion, the fact that he reacted the way he did shows how sensitive he is.
“He should be above us and ignore it because he also mentioned it after the game.
“So in a funny way the Liverpool fans did it, really ironically, we won when we never thought there was competition to chase and it's quite funny to see the way they reacted.”
Guardiola will hope to truly silence the skeptics on Wednesday night when City host high-flying Nottingham Forest, who sit one point behind them in the table.
