Liverpool condemn 'vile chants' by City section

Liverpool person condemned "vile chants relating to shot stadium tragedies" during Sunday's 1-0 Anfield triumph against Manchester City, issuing a connection that says the chants came from the conception lodging the distant team's supporters.

Chants of "murderers" and "always the victims, it's ne'er your fault," were heard being sung during the archetypal fractional of the game. Ninety-seven Liverpool supporters died arsenic a effect of the Hillsborough catastrophe successful 1989; 39 Juventus supporters were killed during rioting successful the stadium anterior to the 1985 European Cup last against Liverpool astatine the Heysel Stadium successful Brussels.

Rivalry betwixt Liverpool and Manchester United has antecedently resulted successful chants astir the Hillsborough catastrophe and the 1958 Munich aerial catastrophe being aired by rival fans. The 2 clubs person since worked intimately to eradicate specified chanting.

However, the chants astir Hillsborough and Heysel were intelligibly audible during Sunday's crippled against City, and Liverpool person said they volition enactment with the Premier League champions to stamp retired aboriginal incidents.

Liverpool person said that graffiti "associated with the disasters" was besides recovered to person been daubed successful the distant conception pursuing the game.

"We are profoundly disappointed to perceive vile chants relating to shot stadium tragedies from the distant conception during today's crippled astatine Anfield," the connection said.

"The concourse successful the distant conception was besides vandalised with graffiti of a akin nature.

"We cognize the interaction specified behaviour has connected the families, survivors and each those associated with specified disasters.

"We are moving with the applicable authorities and we volition besides enactment with Manchester City successful bid to bash our utmost to guarantee these chants are eradicated from shot altogether."