How false hopes and claims of missing millions have hurt a football-mad city.
There is so little to choose between Manchester City and Liverpool that their managers have to keep coming up with new ways of finding an edge, says ex-City midfielder Michael Brown.
BBC Sport recaps a week of pitch invasions and violence in football as managers express concerns for safety.
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