Manchester City fans are responding to their critics in a unique way – with inflatable bananas!City kept up their tradition of displaying blow-up yellow fruit before kick-off in Saturday’s home clash with Ipswich, a week after flooding the Anfield away end with them in their 3-0 win over Liverpool.Man City have won all their Premier League games this season and are preparing to play PSG in the Champions League mid-weekGettyThe City supporters are adopting a tradition that calls back to the 1980s to try and find a positive message amid the chaos at the club.Enzo Maresca‘s men were playing in their first Premier League match since it was officially ruled that the club had breached financial rules between 2009 and 2018 and were charged on 115 offences.The Etihad hierarchy have launched an appeal against the verdict and insist they have ‘irrefutable evidence’ to support their position.The atmosphere on Merseyside was hostile, with City players heavily booed every time they touched the ball during the opening minutes.The City fans applauded their players and waved giant blow-up bananas, reviving a iconic fan culture tradition from decades past.The idea was suggested by supporters’ group 1894, and the gesture was designed to bring humor back to the matchday experience amid the club’s ongoing disputes with football authorities.It was during a time in English football when clubs were banned from European competition.The fan group posted on X last week following the charges being annnounced, and said: “The message – this fan base has always been on a rollercoaster.”The trend supposedly originated in 1987, when Man City supporter Frank Newton brought a five-foot blow-up banana to Maine Road for a match against Plymouth Argyle.Newton referred to former Man City striker Imre Varadi as ‘Imre Banana’, then more people adopted the trend and brought various versions throughout the year.Following Ryan Gravenberch’s red card, City dominated and scored three goals against the RedsGettyHostility outside and insideCity were found guilty of inflating their revenues by £900million, using disguised funding schemes.Liverpool were beaten into second place during the 2013/14 season and the fans voiced their anger at City during Sunday’s fixture.Outside the stadium, there was merchandise being sold which displayed the words ‘guilty’ and ‘cheats’ on flags and banners.Liverpool supporters lined the streets prior to the 4:30pm kick-off to greet the team buses.Songs were sung about Manchester City ‘going down, going down, going down’ and that the club were ‘cheating b*******’.Manchester City fans waved hundreds of inflatable bananas in the air, while Liverpool fans also made their voices heardGettyAdditionally, Merseyside Police flew drones and had an increased presence of officers around the ground to maintain order.Liverpool’s team bus arrived but City opted for a quieter, alternative route to the stadium to avoid the crowds.However, inside the stadium, the players were met with a chorus of boos as they came onto the pitch.Meanwhile, the Reds displayed a banner in Anfield which read ‘a generation of supporters cheated’.More bananas to come?City fans will now likely adopt their banana celebrations for the rest of the season.City take on Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League on Wednesday, live on talkSPORT, in their first home game since the new broke.They then host Ipswich in the top-flight on Saturday before welcoming AEK Athens to the Etihad in Europe again next week.