FANS CANNOT INTIMIDATE US

you let them, they’ve won before you are even at the ground.

“I carried on listening to my music, I just had my headphones on, as normal.”

One window was smashed and thousands of pounds’ worth of damage caused to City’s state-of-the-art coach (above) as it crawled into the stadium with a police escort while Pep Guardiola and his stars sat on board.

City go back to Liverpool today for the first time since the shameful incident – with England defender Walker insisting Liverpool fans won’t get under their skin.

“I did the same as I usually do, going to Anfield or, as I did the other week, with all respect, at Oxford in the cup,” he said.

“I think it’s the same for everyone in any walk of life – if people put you down, you want to prove a point.

“If they’re trying to get under your skin, it gets your back up, as men. There is a lot of testosterone flying around and you want to prove a point.

“OK, we didn’t quite do it on the night then, but we have Sunday to put it right.

“All the lads feel the same, yes. It was something out of our control. They were throwing stuff, we were going to play and our reaction was, ‘Let’s go and play the game, we’re not bothered about anything on the outside’.

“We want to let our football do the talking and that’s what we have to do on Sunday.”

“Hopefully, the police can stop it happening again and ensure everyone’s safe and we can let our football do the talking.”

City officials remain dismayed at how the situation was handled by Merseyside Police.

But, despite video evidence from inside the bus and externally – as well as a six-month investigation – no arrests have ever been made.