Manchester police insist they did not give Manchester City rebel Carlos Tevez an escort home yesterday.

The Mirror says extra airport police were put on duty on Wednesday - to stop City fans clashing with sulky star Tevez.

Some Blues supporters called for their "lying" striker to be booted out of the club after his refusal to come on as a sub during a Champions League match.

And officers fearing a backlash dispatched three police cars to Manchester Airport when the team returned in the early hours from their 2-0 defeat in Munich.

Police "categorically" denied giving him an escort from the airport to his home in nearby Alderley Edge, Cheshire.