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It's not often that the vast majority of football fans agree on any one subject.

With so many petty gripes and rivalries dividing them, it's usually impossible to find a consensus amongst different fanbases. However, sometimes supporters are subjected to something so ridiculous, so fundamentally unreasonable, that fans everywhere unite in backing them.

Take UEFA's decision to investigate Manchester City fans for booing the Champions League anthem, for example.

Before their last Champions League match up, City fans jeered the soundtrack to Europe's premier competition before kick off - what with Financial Fair Play fines and some pretty unforgiving fixtures over the last few years, some clearly felt that the club's treatment by UEFA had been unfair. The subsequent decision by European football's governing body to look into their fans' conduct has been widely ridiculed by supporters across Europe.

Now, though, City fans are getting their own back. Check out the signs they've made ahead of tonight's game against Sevilla - this is a brilliant example of how to mock humourless authority.

(Image: Kieran McManus/BPI)

Rather than incur UEFA's ridiculous wrath with their audible booing, City fans are choosing to communicate their feelings by the written word instead. The written word in question is, of course, 'Boo'. Stick that in your rulebook and smoke it!

(Image: Action Images via Reuters / Andrew Boyers)

We all owe the Sky Blues a debt of gratitude here - they're standing up for freedom of speech, one silent 'Boo' at a time.

Well played, City fans. Let's see what 'The Man' has to say about that!

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