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Police confirm arrests amid alleged Man Utd v Liverpool ‘tragedy chant’: Football Live News
Greater Manchester Police (GMP) made the arrest following reports of the alleged “tragedy chant” at Sunday’s FA Cup quarter-final clash between Manchester United and Liverpool.
The 4-3 win at Old Trafford was heard to refer indirectly to the Hillsborough disaster.
A GMP spokesman said: “GMP can confirm that an arrest has been made for the chanting tragedy at the Manchester United v Liverpool match this afternoon.
“We all know that fans boo their opponents at football matches, but it’s usually done in good humor and without offense. Today’s events exceeded the limits of acceptance and we will work closely with both clubs to identify anyone responsible for the offending during the event.”
The Football Association (FA) said it would “liaise and support” GMP police and added that it was “determined to stop this behaviour”.
A statement said: Today’s FA Cup match between Manchester United and Liverpool.
“We strongly condemn any offensive, derogatory and discriminatory chants in football stadiums and we are determined to stop this behaviour. This is completely unacceptable and can have a lasting and damaging effect on the people and communities within our game. It must stop, and we support any club and their fans who try to eradicate it from the Terrace.”
Diaz, Nunez, Gakpo injured in Liverpool’s FA Cup defeat to Man United – Klopp: Football Live News
Diaz played 114 minutes in the game which went into extra time before being replaced by Bobby Clarke. I nunez played the entire match, while Gakpo came on as a 2nd half substitute for Mohamed Salah.
Klopp told BBC Sport now the boys go on international duty. We hope they’ll come back healthy. Lucho felt his groin, Darwin hamstring. Cody twisted his ankle. They’re playing four again. . Or five days, it’s crazy. Hopefully we finish the season in style.”
Substitute Amad Diallo scored a dramatic winner in extra time to secure their place in the semi-finals for United.
Harvey Elliott gave Klopp’s side the lead in extra time, but Marcus Rashford’s equalizer before the end ended Liverpool’s hopes of lifting the quadruple this season. Klopp maintained his side “must go for everything after the international break”.
“The boys gave it their all,” he added. “Our decision-making was not very good. You have to accept the result. It was a period in the second half when we should have finished it but we didn’t and we know they can come back. .
“I think my boys showed incredible character again. Great effort again. Everyone showed that. You can’t compare our season to the amount of games we played against United. It’s OK, we deal with it.
“I’m still proud of what I saw today. Their boys have to recover and after the international break we’ll go for everything.”
Man City vs Chelsea, Coventry vs Man U in FA Cup semi-finals: Football Live News
Chelsea will face holders Manchester City in the semi-finals of the FA Cup. Follow us Football Live News.
Manchester United’s reward for beating rivals Liverpool in the classic quarter-finals is a last-four tie with Coventry City.
The semi-final draw opens up the possibility of a repeat of last year’s Manchester derby final where City emerged victorious en route to the treble.
Moyes is silent after Sosek’s disallowed goal against VAR: Football Live News
David Moyes said he had “nothing to say about the VAR decision” after West Ham United failed to grab a late winner in their 1-1 draw against Aston Villa.
Sosek believed he had connected on James Ward-Prowse’s free-kick to seal the win in extra time, but a VAR review ultimately ruled it out for handball.
Referee Jared Gillett and VAR Tony Harrington debated the decision for over five minutes and the goal was eventually disallowed.
Moyes said: “I have nothing to say about the VAR decision. You can contact Howard (Webb) yourself and get the results of who you’re talking to. I thought we performed very well in the first half but Aston Villa played well. The second half and our Put the pressure on. Our performance was good overall and we went on to create more chances.
Fiorentina’s game with Atalanta has been postponed after the CEO fell ill
Fiorentina’s Serie A game with Atalanta on Sunday was postponed after chief executive Joe Baron fell ill in the afternoon.
The two teams were scheduled to face each other at the Gewis Stadium in Bergamo at 6pm local time.
However, the 57-year-old fell ill at the team hotel ahead of the match.
He was later taken to a local hospital in Milan before the league’s cancellation was confirmed.
Chelsea beat Leicester in the FA Cup: Football Live News
Goals from Mark Cucurella and Cole Palmer gave Chelsea a 2-0 defeat against Leicester City at half-time in the FA Cup quarter-final at Stamford Bridge.
Cucurella opened the scoring early after great work from Nicholas Jackson before Raheem Sterling missed a chance to double the home side’s lead by fluffing his lines from the penalty spot.
Palmer, though, made no mistake just before the break as he neatly finished off a Sterling cross in the six-yard box.
ICYMI: Everyone at the Spurs needs a big wake-up call – boy: Football Live News
Son Heung-min slammed Tottenham Hotspur’s “unacceptable” performance after Saturday’s 3-0 defeat by Fulham, saying his side needed a “big wake-up call”.
Spurs were beaten 3-0 by Fulham at Craven Cottage, failing to score in the Premier League for the 1st time under Ange Postecoglou.
“It’s two steps back. We must move on now. It was unacceptable, including me. We represent Premier League teams, we represent Tottenham.”
Man City have ‘something special’ – Guardiola :Football Live News
Pep Guardiola believes his Manchester City side have “something special” to reach a record sixth consecutive FA Cup semi-final.
Two goals from Bernardo Silva were enough to see off Newcastle United on Saturday night as City continued their bid to replicate last year’s treble-follow us-Football Live News.
Guardiola is proud of his side’s efforts as they look to back up that achievement with more history.
“After we won the treble and five titles, we come into the international break with two months to go and all the titles in contention mean a lot,” he said.
“I know people talk about the Premier League, the Champions League, but to win four Carabao Cups and reach six consecutive semi-finals (of the FA Cup)(Football Live News), this team, this club, has something special, so it’s incredible.
Obviously we’d like to win them all but sometimes it’s not possible with the quality of the opposition and our schedule, but we’ve been there 6 times in a row.
“You can always have a bad night or a bad afternoon and to be there six times, you haven’t had a bad night. And for those who doubted the continuity of the team, you prove them wrong.”
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