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Police confirm arrest after Manchester United supporters heard singing tragedy chants towards Liverpool fans during FA Cup clash in relation to Hillsborough Disaster… as FA condemn the ‘unacceptable behaviour’

An arrest has been made after Manchester United’s stunning FA Cup victory over Liverpool was marred by tragedy chanting. 

 

 

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Greater Manchester Police confirmed they had held an individual following allegations made at Old Trafford during Sunday’s quarter-final. 

 

At various points throughout a pulsating clash United fans were heard singing ‘always the victims, it’s never your fault’, ‘The Sun was right – you’re murderers’ and ‘murderers’. 

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Those chants relate to the Hillsborough and Heysel tragedies. The Football Association were quick to condemn those involved, while GMP later confirmed action had been taken. 

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A spokesperson for the force said: ‘GMP can confirm that an arrest has been made in connection with tragedy chanting at the Manchester United v Liverpool fixture this afternoon.

 

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Incidents of tragedy chanting will not be tolerated and will be dealt with robustly. We are all familiar with fans taunting their opponents at football matches, but this is generally done in good humour and without offence. The incidents today crossed the line of what is acceptable, and we will work closely with both clubs to identify anyone responsible for committing offences during the event.’ 

 

United are understood to have worked with both Liverpool and the police. They have previously stressed that such chanting is unacceptable and will result in consequences.

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Ahead of last season’s match between the two rivals at Anfield, managers Erik ten Hag and Jurgen Klopp called for an end to chanting around the tragedies of Hillsborough, Heysel and Munich.

 

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Three United supporters were arrested last month following chants relating to Hillsborough when the two played in Liverpool in December.

 

Amid a noisy Old Trafford, which featured a 9,000-strong Liverpool following, a flare thrown from the away section after Mohamed Salah put the visitors in front landed in a wheelchair section below housing disabled United supporters.

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An FA spokesperson said: ‘We are aware of the reported tragedy chanting during today’s FA Cup fixture between Manchester United and Liverpool and we will be liaising with and supporting Greater Manchester Police.

 

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‘We strongly condemn any offensive, abusive and discriminatory chants in football stadiums, and we are determined to stamp this behaviour out.

 

‘It is entirely unacceptable and can have a lasting and damaging impact on people and communities within our game. 

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‘It must stop, and we support any club and their fans who try to eradicate this from the terraces.’ Tragedy chanting has been an issue that authorities have repeatedly tried to address, with ‘tough new measures’ announced last summer.

 

Following talks between the sport’s governing bodies and the Crown Prosecution Service, it was agreed that singing sick songs about disasters such as Munich and Hillsborough will be classed as a criminal offence. 

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Anyone found guilty of tragedy chanting could face stadium bans and potential prosecution, while stewards were understood to have been given new guidance to increase their awareness of the issue and greater power to deal with guilty fans.

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