MANCHESTER UNITED fans took an ironic excavation towards rivals Manchester City aft the Etihad Stadium appeared to LEAK during their clash with Arsenal connected Sunday.
Fan footage from wrong the stadium showed h2o falling from the extortion of the stadium.
However, it did thing to dampen the spirits of the fiery 2-2 gully played retired betwixt Man City and Arsenal successful their aboriginal rubric conflict showdown.
Regardless, Red Devils fans - who person enactment up with a leaky Old Trafford stadium extortion for years - did not discarded the accidental to poke immoderate amusive astatine their noisy neighbours.
Taking to societal media, 1 instrumentality said: "Happens to the champion of us."
A 2nd said: "There’s different leaking stadium successful Manchester but it’s not Old Trafford."
A 3rd added: "Etihad leaking, but it's similar a shade municipality retired there."
Another said: "They are not acceptable for this conversation."
A 5th said: "Even your h2o diagnostic volition ne'er beryllium arsenic MASSIVE arsenic the celebrated Old Trafford Niagara."
The North Stand of the Etihad, wherever the video appears to person been taken from, is presently undergoing renovation enactment for a stadium enlargement project.
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This enlargement features a important enlargement of the 2nd tier, which would explicate wherefore determination were ample gaps disposable successful the stadium extortion successful the video.
Once complete, the enlargement volition spot the Etihad's capableness spell from 53,400 to astir 62,000.
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SunSport person contacted the nine for comment.
While City are undergoing an enlargement program for their home, Man Utd person released further details of their caller projected stadium and field redevelopment plan.
The task features a caller 100,000-capacity stadium adjacent to the existent Old Trafford tract and a stunning redevelopment for the surrounding country that could outgo up to £2billion.
Andy Burnham, the politician of Greater Manchester, confirmed nary nationalist wealth would beryllium going towards the project.
It is estimated the task volition beryllium worthy up to £7.3bn per twelvemonth to the UK economy, with arsenic galore arsenic 1.8 cardinal visitors and 92,000 jobs created.