Liverpool fans fume as Man City and Chelsea benefit from Club World Cup rule change
Liverpool supporters have been left fuming by a rule change that has favoured Man City after their Club World Cup triumph.
Pep Guardiola's side will wear the golden winners’ badge on their shirts for the rest of the season - which the Reds were prevented from doing four years ago.
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Man City became world champions on Friday night as they swept away Brazilian side Fluminense with a 4-0 victory to win the FIFA-run competition.
Julian Alvarez was the star man with two goals in a game which descended into chaos after the final whistle as players clashed, with Guardiola later saying his side had ‘completed the chapter’ by making history with five major trophies won in the calendar year.
It means City’s sky blue shirt will get a golden addition, with the Club World Cup winners allowed to sport a commemorative patch to display their achievement until next year’s competition when a new champion is crowned.
It has been confirmed City will wear the Club World Cup patch with immediate effect, which has upset fans of Liverpool who weren’t allowed to.
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Jurgen Klopp’s side were crowned Club World Cup champions in 2019 with a win over Brazilian club Flamengo in the final, following their Champions League triumph the previous season.
But they only wore the golden patch on their shirts on a few occasions due to a rule on kits in England.
At the time, the Premier League stated that kit changes - including new badges being added to existing shirts - could not be made during the campaign.
That differed from the rules elsewhere in Europe, with Real Madrid, Barcelona and Bayern Munich remembered for displaying it proudly on their kits.
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Liverpool were free to wear the gold badge during their Champions League campaign, but Premier League rules meant Liverpool were permitted to display the world champion logo for just one domestic game.
However, the rule was later changed and Chelsea were allowed to wear the badge on their shirts when they won the competition in 2021, which peeved the Anfield faithful.
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And their fury has been sparked once again with news Man City will also be allowed to add the golden logo to their kit.
“City get what they want,” wrote one annoyed Reds supporter on X, previously known as Twitter.
“Absolutely ridiculous,” said another.
While a third wrote: “Always annoyed me that. They let Chelsea wear it as well but not us?”
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