Liverpool's anger with Man City ignited as FSG partner fires social media jab

Linda Pizzuti Henry, partner in Liverpool owners Fenway Sports Group and wife of principal owner John Henry, has fired a jab at Manchester City on social media.

The comment comes following the emergence of a long-awaited verdict in the Premier League's case against the Citizens, which found them guilty of 114 financial breaches.

The charges were brought against Man City in February 2023, with an independent commission's hearing having ended in December 2024.

An appeal is expected to follow in the coming days, although there remains plenty that will not be known until the commission release an official verdict.

Man City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak released a statement on Saturday reiterating the club's innocence and confidence in a positive result.

Yet if the Citizens are indeed found guilty and appeals fail, they will be vulnerable to punishments varying from fines and point deductions to expulsion from the Premier League itself.

Linda Pizzuti Henry posts Man City shot

Should Man City lose their appeal, it will not be seen as the end of the court proceedings surrounding this case - it is very much the opposite.

Numerous clubs will subsequently submit cases against the Citizens, claiming for losses suffered through relegation, missing out on European competitions, losing out on trophies and so much more over the last 14 seasons. The eventual total could land in the hundreds of millions.

Liverpool will certainly be in that conversation, and will feel that Man City's breaches cost them multiple Premier League trophies.

The Reds finished second to the Citizens in 2013-14, 2018-19 and 2021-22, and will certainly have a claim in cup competitions, too, if they are included.

The sentiment at Anfield was summed up when by Henry's Instagram story on Friday, which included BBC Sport's reporting of the verdict and the caption: "114. Unprecedented."

Fiery clash takes new twist

What promised to be a fiery clash already has taken on new significance in the last 48 hours.

Man City will return from the international break with a trip to Anfield to take on Liverpool, who will be hungry off the back of this week's news.

One can already imagine the atmosphere awaiting the Citizens, which will push them to their limits.

And Henry's story suggests the battle may not just take place on the pitch and in the stands, but in the boardroom, too.