On January 3, 2019, Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola and Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp shook hands at the end of a match, but their teams' fans are now facing a different challenge.
England's Football Association (FA) has announced that it will work with Liverpool and Manchester City to help their fans attend the FA Cup semi-final at Wembley next month.
The decision comes after supporters groups 'Spirit of Shankly' and 'We are 1894' expressed concerns about the lack of train services on April 16-17, when engineering work will leave no direct trains to London from Manchester and Merseyside.
According to the supporters groups, over 64,000 travelling supporters will be forced onto the roads, which will already be overburdened with bank holiday traffic.
"For the other semi between Chelsea and Crystal Palace, Wembley makes sense. For Liverpool and City it makes no sense," the supporters groups said in a joint statement.
The FA has promised to meet with Liverpool and City to discuss match arrangements and will announce further details in due course.
"We are also continuing to work with both Network Rail and National Express to find a solution so that supporters of both teams are able to travel to and from the fixture, with as minimal disruption as possible," the FA said.
