Donnarumma pulled away as furious Man City star clashes with Liverpool fans

Manchester City goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma was pulled away from Liverpool supporters by club staff after their 3-0 win at Anfield. The Italian shot-stopper appeared to engage in a heated war-of-words with a supporter at Anfield in the tunnel area before being led towards the changing rooms.

The incident occurred at full-time after Enzo Maresca's side capitalised on a man advantage to put the hosts to the sword. It was a high-octane Premier League showdown as City played their first match since the independent commission's guilty verdict on their financial breaches.

Footage has emerged on social media of Donnarumma making his way down the tunnel, smiling at the fans remaining, while shouts of 'cheat' can be heard, in relation to the verdict placed on City after their legal battle with the top-flight.

City's guilty verdict fuelled the anger in Anfield and surrounding the stadium following the news, which emerged during the international break.

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It has left supporters from around the country feeling aggrieved at the lack of sporting integrity, with the Premier League describing the club as having lodged 'sham' contracts.

The financial bloating of deals has been seen to have muddied the waters, giving Maresca and his predecessors between 2009 and 2018 an unfair advantage.

This led to Liverpool supporters chanting 'cheats' at the City players and displaying banners insinuating that some of the sporting sanctions could see their rivals stripped of their honours during the nine-year period.

Liverpool fed off their raucous crowd and looked to be having the upper hand against City. However, Ryan Gravenberch's controversial red card handed the visitors the impetus and they took advantage.

Erling Haaland fired home the opener shortly after Liverpool were reduced to 10 men. In the dying embers, Jeremy Doku and Rayan Cherki added gloss to a famous win for the club at Anfield.

Maresca praised the unity of his players and lauded the win as one for everyone associated with the club. He said: "Ferran (Soriano) was there, Hugo (Viana) was there. We were all together.

"For the importance of the game, Liverpool away, I think it's a good idea for the club to be all together. It's togetherness that in this moment we need.

"It was not easy for the players after the past two or three weeks but I think they handled the situation very well. I said during the week, we need to learn how to deal with the outside noise.

"Because of the situation, the noise will always be there so we need to learn how to deal with it. At the same time, we need try to make our noise by winning games like we did today. At the end of the game, it was our fans singing so the noise was from us and not from the Liverpool fans.

"To win at Anfield is a great result, for sure. In this moment, all of the organisation needs this kind of a win so it's good for us as a coaching staff, it's good for the players, it's good for the fans. This kind of a win is good for the whole club."