Liverpool: Three men arrested for alleged homophobic chanting in Chelsea match at Anfield

The Premier League lucifer against Chelsea astatine Anfield ended goalless

Merseyside Police arrested 3 men for alleged homophobic chanting during Liverpool's gully with Chelsea.

The men, aged 23, 37 and 49, were arrested connected suspicion of homophobic intentional harassment, alarm oregon distress.

The 37-year-old has been bailed pending further enquiries, and the different 2 men volition be a voluntary interview.

The Premier League lucifer ended successful a goalless draw.

The Football Association (FA) tin present complaint clubs if their fans usage a homophobic chant that has been aimed astatine Chelsea players and supporters.

In January 2022, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) classed the chant arsenic a homophobic slur and said fans singing it during matches were committing a hatred crime.

The chant has allegedly been sung by Manchester City and Nottingham Forest fans successful caller matches against Chelsea, portion Manchester United fans besides allegedly directed the chant astatine past Everton brag Frank Lampard during their FA Cup lucifer implicit his links to the Blues.

Earlier this period the FA wrote to each clubs crossed the Premier League, English Football League, National League, Women's Super League, Women's Championship and steps 2 to 4 of the pyramid to punctual them it tin "pursue ceremonial disciplinary enactment against immoderate nine whose supporters prosecute successful discriminatory behaviour", which present includes this chant.

Writing successful his programme notes for the Chelsea game, Reds brag Jurgen Klopp praised Liverpool fans for trying to halt the derogatory chant that helium said "does not acceptable successful with the traits of our city, our nine oregon our people".

"I volition not notation to it by sanction successful this file due to the fact that I deliberation the little we tin perceive astir it and spot it the better," helium said. "But the really, truly affirmative happening is that fans person travel unneurotic to effort to marque it a happening of the past."

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