部隊d and City in fresh 戦う／戦い over Cup tickets as bitter 競争 強めるs

By Ian Ladyman for the Daily Mail
Updated: 00:45 BST, 20 December 2011

Manchester 部隊d have complained to the Football 協会 about the number of tickets 配分するd to them by 隣人s City for their 来たるべき FA Cup tie at the Etihad Stadium.

The Manchester clubs will 直面する each other in the third 一連の会議、交渉／完成する on January 8 but the build-up to the match is 脅すing to be 影を投げかけるd by acrimony as it 現れるd 部隊d have complained to the 治める／統治するing 団体／死体 about the hosts’ 提案するd visiting 配分 of 5,400.

Under FA 支配するs, the home club should 申し込む／申し出 their 訪問者s 15 per cent of capacity. This would mean 部隊d would 推定する／予想する to receive 7,100 tickets, and this is the number they have requested.

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However, last year’s beaten 半分-finalists have been given 1,700 より小数の than that and have written to the FA to ask them to remind City of their 義務s.

It is understood the 状況／情勢 is 複雑にするd by the fact that 部隊d usually only 申し込む／申し出 City 8,500 tickets for cup games at Old Trafford.

This 代表するs 3,000 いっそう少なく than 15 per cent but 部隊d are usually given 免除 to do this by the FA given that their stadium ― which 持つ／拘留するs 78,000 ― is so big.

At 部隊d there is a feeling that City are engaging in a tit-for-tat move 目的（とする）d at getting their own 支援する.

However, City sources have 否定するd this, 強調する／ストレスing that the design of their stadium makes it difficult for them to 申し込む／申し出 more than 6,100 to away fans for any game.

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They will tell the FA that they have looked into ways of giving 部隊d more tickets but that segregation and 安全 関心s have made it impossible.

The two clubs were drawn together on December 4 and have had since then to reach a 妥協. They have failed to do this and 部隊d are 失望させるd that their 最終期限 for ticket 使用／適用s passed last Friday with the 事柄 still 未解決の.

With City two points ahead of 部隊d at the 最高の，を越す of the Barclays 首相 League, the two clubs’ 競争 約束s to 強める その上の as the season 進歩s.

City midfielder David Silva is looking 今後 to the Cup tie, hoping for a repeat of last year’s 半分-final 勝利，勝つ at Wembley.

Silva said: ‘The match with Manchester 部隊d is やめる a way off yet but let’s hope that when it comes we are fit, ready and in good form.

‘It will be an important game, a fantastic game. It’s a shame it is so 早期に in the 競争 because it means one of us will be out.’