Steven Gerrard wants Man City to 'suffer' as Liverpool icon makes Premier League demand

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Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard wants the Premier League to throw the book at Manchester City. The former Liverpool midfielder has also called for City to be stripped of trophies won between 2009 and 2018, including when they pipped the Reds to the Premier League crown in 2014.

While Gerrard has expressed sympathy for their players, he wants the club to serve as a warning to others, and is hoping the Premier League will demonstrate the same firmness they showed when sanctioning Everton and Nottingham Forest for considerably lesser offences.Appearing on The Overlap, Gerrard said: "In terms of how I feel, I potentially could be affected if you like, I wouldn't want individual players to give stuff back, that wouldn't be right, but the club, they have to be stripped. Invalid email You agree you are 18 or over.

I don't think its fair on the Championship if they go down, because they will be one of the three teams that come up."So that takes a slot away from the Championship, it's not fair on the EFL or the teams playing against City week in, week out."I think it's more moving forward in the Premier League, to punish them over a period of time, multi-year punishment, that would be my opinion, I'm not saying that's the right opinion but that's just how I feel.Liverpool were pipped to the title by Manchester City back in 2014 (Image: Alex Livesey/Getty Images)"I think it needs to be a transfer ban, a points [deduction] over a period of time and make them suffer like they've made everyone suffer over the nine, 10 years that they've done it."They were strong with Everton, strong with Forest punishments for breaches. Good luck to the Premier League, but they have to be strong."For the time being, City continue to play in the top flight and defeated Gerrard's cherished Liverpool emphatically at the weekend.Erling Haaland, Jeremy Doku and Rayan Cherki all scored in their 3-0 triumph at Anfield on Sundat afternoon.