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Manchester City fans tease United supporters over Old Trafford’s empty seats during Basel game

Published 11:04 13 Sept 2017 BST

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Manchester City fans tease United supporters over Old Trafford’s empty seats during Basel game

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Manchester United returned to Champions League action with a 3-0 victory against Swiss champions, FC Basel, on Tuesday night.

Having last played in the competition at the back end of 2015, United fans will have been delighted to see their team back in the continent's premier cup competition. However, as was noted by many watching the game on television, there were plenty of empty seats at Old Trafford as the game kicked off. Although heavy traffic in the area around the stadium was partly to blame for this and many of the seats that were empty at kick off were soon taken, it was still clear that Old Trafford was far from sold out. Having long been teased by United supporters about their own club's inability to sell out their own stadium, Manchester City fans were quick to pick up on this, many of them tweeting about it: https://twitter.com/AGD9320/status/907682696213749762 https://twitter.com/SeanDunne_94/status/907704993104269312 https://twitter.com/BlueCitizen007/status/907709083742085120 https://twitter.com/RCorless33/status/907678581303730181 https://twitter.com/nezzer1968/status/907678510969495552 At the time of writing, United had yet to confirm the official attendance figure for the Basel game.
Manchester City fans tease United supporters over Old Trafford's empty seats during Basel game