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Jamie Carragher calls out Hillsborough chants heard live on air as Luton draw with Liverpool

Jamie Carragher calls out Hillsborough chants that could be heard live on air as Luton Town played out a draw with Liverpool.

Carra condemned the songs from inside the ground on Sunday night, with supporters in the away end previously being subjected to songs that mock the tragedy that occurred back in April 1989.

97 people lost their lives in an FA Cup tie at the home of Sheffield Wednesday 34 years ago, with the club continuing to acknowledge those that have passed on an annual basis.

Former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher condemned chanting at halftime on Sky Sports

Fans of opposing teams tend to use the tragedy to mock Liverpool fans and that appears to have happened in the Premier League clash at Kenilworth Road.

Jamie Carragher explains that he knows rivalries exist, but claimed those who attend football games have to be “better than that.”

Fans inside the ground and viewers watching the game raised the point of hearing such chants like “Feed the scousers”, “Sign on”, “Always the victims”.

He said live on commentary: “At the start of the season I was involved in something about tragedy chanting and supporters coming together. I have just heard something a couple of times in this game.

“Supporters have got to have rivalry but we are better than that. A lot of clubs have been guilty of that over the years but football fans are better than that.”

He tweeted after the game: “Every fan base has been guilty at one time or another of tragedy chanting. This is not about point scoring between fans, it’s about football fans coming together as one & saying enough is enough & that this is not acceptable anymore ❤️”

The Premier League said at the beginning of the season that any tragedy chanting by any sets of fans would be heavily punished in an effort to stop it.

A statement read: “Premier League clubs unanimously agreed at the Annual General Meeting today to a series of new measures to address the unacceptable rise in anti-social behaviour involving football tragedy-related chanting, gesturing, graffiti, online abuse and other behaviours last season.

“The measures are the output of a cross-football working group which was set up in December to explore available options to challenge the normalisation of such distasteful behaviours and incidents. The issues have continued to cause significant distress to the victims’ families, survivors and affected club supporters, in addition to damaging the reputation of the clubs involved and football in England and Wales.

“The action will focus on criminal prosecution, the regulatory environment, enforcement, online abuse, education and communications.”

The game itself saw Luton go close to a famous win but it’s still a memorable point, with Luis Diaz coming off the bench and immediately got Liverpool level, overcome with emotion at the final whistle as he lifts up his kit to show his T-shirt calling for ‘freedom for my father’.

Nunez also saw a stunning miss from a few yards out before luton got the opener. Chong then tapped home a stunning Luton counter after Liverpool wanted handball.

The result now means Liverpool are 3rd, with 24 points from 11 games, and three points behind leaders Man City, with Tottenham in action on Monday. Luton are 17th with 6 points, level on points with Bournemouth in the relegation zone.

Luton’s Chiedozie Ogbene, speaking to Sky Sports: “I was praying for a VAR check [for the late equaliser] but it was a clean goal. You can’t fault the effort tonight. We are going in slightly disappointed we didn’t get a win against a very good Liverpool team and that is how far we have come.

“If you can’t win, don’t lose and that is what we did today. It is all about momentum. We are trying to create an atmosphere here. The manager said before to believe in the game plan and be patient. In this league you just have to take your moments.”

Luton goalscorer Tahith Chong, speaking to Sky Sports: “When you score that late you are thinking of winning the game but you know they have quality and will keep coming and coming. I am very proud of the team and proud to score.

“We have grown every single game. We are still learning and want to improve. We will take this as a plus and we want to keep getting better and better and next time maybe we will get the three points.

“We want to create an atmosphere here that makes it very difficult for every team that comes here.”

Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson on Luis Diaz: “It says a lot about his character and inner strength. I can’t imagine what he’s going through.

“We’re supporting him and feeling his pain but for him it’s a different level. Football can bring joy to someone who is struggling. Football is bringing joy to Luis at this moment.

“He scored a fantastic goal for us which was really important.

“When you’re on the pitch you focus on the job. He did it for us.”

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp, speaking to Sky Sports about Luis Diaz: “A wonderful moment but it doesn’t change the situation. Most important thing is that his father gets released.

“It is wonderful he wanted to be here. That’s it, for us a super important goal and for him very important and emotional, but that’s it.”

Felt he could play an important part? “He can always do that. When he is on the pitch he is always involved in special things.

“We knew he would be a threat, we didn’t know how long he would play because he only had a few sessions with the team but that is not the most important part today. He scored the goal but we need to see some improvement in Colombia.”

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp to BBC Sport: “Wonderful highlight in a game with not a lot of highlights and Luis came on and scored a goal. It’s really great.

“We should have done better. Credit to Luton. We had our moments but weren’t calm enough to finish our situations off.

“When you go 1-0 down and score an equaliser it’s a result you rather like. Before the game I wouldn’t have thought so. It’s a result both teams deserve.

“We played without counter-pressing in the first half which I almost take personally and I told the boys. I can’t remember a lot of times we won the ball back and that’s not cool.

“It’s one of these days. Time goes by and it’s not getting easier. It wasn’t our best day.”

Luton boss Rob Edwards, speaking to Sky Sports on what he is feeling: “Pride, mixed emotions because when you are leading and it goes to that stage of the game you want to see it out but immensely proud of the whole club tonight.

“We pushed a top, top team all the way and we can take a lot of confidence from that.

“You know they will press and push and throw everything at you. There are lads on their legs, they have been working so hard for the 90 minutes before that and you feel Liverpool would get a chance you just hope to ride it out but I can’t fault the players.

“I have always believed in this group of players, everyone at this club does and the supporters do. Everyone is connected at the moment.

“We need more points, we do, we have to answer any critics by getting points. We can kick on from here. We are still learning and growing and we want to get better.

“We deserve to be here. We have fought hard to come back from the depths to come back to the position and we don’t want to give it up. We will fight hard for it and the players want it. We know it is a huge task, we are going up against giants but we are enjoying it and we want to compete as well.”

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