Peter Schmeichel used a prime-time slot on CBS to criticise Manchester City fans and the Etihad Stadium atmosphere against Inter Milan.
Surely, if you notice something isn't quite right you would ask why. You'd do a bit of research. Maybe canvass opinions of those around you.
"I like good football and I like excitement from the crowd. It was dead," he said, unprompted. "The Etihad today was absolutely dead. The only people we could hear were the Inter supporters who were quite good. But there's no atmosphere in the Etihad today. Football fans may sometimes be guilty of looking for a bias against their club where it doesn't exist. In this case, however, the problems with the clip and its presentation are endless. And City fans are rightly furious.
So yes, there were empty seats on Wednesday, about 2,500 to be specific. One adult and a child was looking at a near-£100 expense to buy tickets for the game, before travel, parking, food and refreshments were accounted for. An adult paying per game for the Brentford, Inter, Arsenal and Watford fixtures - all in the space of four days - is probably looking at over £200 in tickets.
The result, as often happens around Europe in the Champions League, is more tourists in the stands as the regulars pick and choose. The atmosphere will drop as a result, but that will be replicated over at Old Trafford and even, dare we say, at those Famous European Nights At Anfield.
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