MANCHESTER CITY have been further tainted after footage of one of their fans appearing to taunt rivals United over the Munich air disaster emerged.
City have already been forced to offer their help to the police after one of their supporters allegedly made monkey gestures towards Manchester United star Fred.
A Manchester City appeared to mock the Munich air disaster during the derby defeat to United
The midfielder was also struck by objects being thrown from the stands during Saturday’s 2-1 Manchester derby defeat to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side.
But now the club have been made aware of a video on social media of another City fan allegedly making an aeroplane gesture during the match at the Etihad Stadium.
Television cameras captured the incident, which rival fans have long used to mock United over the crash in 1958 which killed 23 people.
Eight Red Devils players perished in the disaster which struck as the club were returning from a European Cup tie in Belgrade.
In a separate incident at the same time of the match, Anthony Burke was captured by TV cameras appearing to make racists gestures at Fred.
Greater Manchester Police confirmed a man has been detained although they offered no further details.
Burke, who has today been suspended from his job at building company Kier Group, was filmed making the vile gestures – moments before the Brazilian midfielder was pelted with missiles near the corner flag.
But the father, who is a Man City fan and a civil engineering manager, wrote on Facebook that he was only “putting my hands in my pants.”
He said: “Listen, I’m only racist c*** because I had a screen shot that made me look it.
“However I ain’t racist, watch the match half of it was me with me putting my hands in my pants.”
The British Army veteran, who appears to have served in Northern Ireland, also claimed he was not arrested but made an “appointment” to speak to the police.
But Burke’s former partner named only as Amy, of Wythenshawe, Manchester, told the MailOnline that he was detained this morning by cops and that his family have received death threats.
Man United star, Fred, targeted with vile racist slur as fan appears to direct monkey chant in his direction
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
