A video has emerged appearing to show Man Utd fans shout “kill him” as others punch a Liverpool supporter in the home end on Sunday.
One Kopite supporter in the home section of Old Trafford was subjected to abuse from some Manchester United supporters around him.
A club steward ended up having to intervene, leading the lone fan out of the area to prevent any fights breaking out, yet as he was being escorted, some opposition spectators threw their fists at him, as can be seen in the clip shared by @yellapiss on Twitter.
Scouse lad in the United crowd yesterday. No fear. pic.twitter.com/xTl2wxsXfv
— Young Paul (@yellapiss) October 25, 2021
It should be stressed however that a number of Red Devils, to their credit, attempted to shield the Liverpool lad in question and called out the poor actions they were witnessing from some of their own.
Majority of those in the away end behaved themselves, and rather amusingly took to poke fun with chants aimed at Man Utd, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Paul Scholes, see that HERE.
Jurgen Klopp’s squad thoroughly enjoyed the win over Manchester United at the weekend and rightly so – but assistant manager Pep Lijnders has pointed out what makes this side so relentless after it.
The Reds have been in thunderous form of late, swatting teams aside, scoring plenty and showing similarly unstoppable form to that of the 19/20 campaign which saw them go on to win the Premier League.
A 5-0 vicotry at Old Trafford was a massive statement of intent, as much as it was a performance which put the deficiencies of their rivals under the microscope.
Lijnders was asked in his pre-match Preston press conference how the celebrations went in the dressing room at full time on Sunday and what the feeling among the squad was – and he made clear that it was a huge moment the team recognised as being significant… and loud!
“You know at Atletico when they scored for 2-2?,” he replied.
“In Madrid, everyone who was there can know the sound of the stadium. The sound in the dressing room was like in Madrid when they scored the 2-2!
“I don’t know who bought the new speaker, but we have a new speaker, it’s good! I think they could hear us in Liverpool!
“Like the gaffer always says, I don’t want to make it bigger – but it was a big one.”
But despite the importance of the win and the context of it being a thrashing over their rivals, professionalism and knowledge that the next big challenge is always just around the corner holds sway over everything else at Anfield who will want to push on and keep the title in their sights.
That’s what pushes the team on to clock up win after win, Lijnders added, with the focus swiftly turning to the League Cup and beyond after the celebrations died down.
“We have to do the session after the game right, the recovery process right for the players who played and prepare the team who is playing against Preston.
“What I like about us is we don’t prepare differently if we go away to Preston or away to Man United. And you see that in the mentality of our players and you see that in the hunger in the sessions.”
It’ll be a much-changed side which takes on the Championship outfit, but the approach and the style will be exactly the same – and, most importantly, so will be the expectations.
Back to the main topic of this articles and Twitter users reacted after seeing Man Utd fans shout “kill him” as others punch a Liverpool supporter in the home end…
@LeeMc1978: Hard as nails aren’t they all throwing punches over a steward who’s doing his job at a lad on his own & out numbered by hundreds
@jdn1867: His own fault what did he think would happen 😂
@Pandamonium1881: Bit stupid of the Liverpool fan but this need for violence is pathetic.
@SamWhyte: Genuinely curious as to what he thought was the best possible outcome here?
@moorey71: Must have been early in the game, the mancs were still there 🤣🤣🤣
@_paullay: Some very unusual Mancunian accents in there.
@llewelyn_morgan: That clip captures everything I hate in football culture.
@adam7485: The breadstick in grey acting like he could take him 😂
@JoeBlue202: Absolutely fearless getting off as quick as he can.
@TimBlueKangaroo: No fear? No fucking sense.
@MCD35672009: @ManUtd I wonder if any of those throwing punches will be banned from the ground?
@PhilPhenom: What a lovely fanbase
@Chr15Wilkinson: Not big and not clever smacking the lad. It’s bang out of order. Is this what we are? Was he stood up singing ‘that’ song? Was he singing about Munich? I would guess not. How many of us have been in the home end of an away match? Does anyone really think this is acceptable? FFS
@kieran_ashton1: The new Green Street looks shite
@Hernan1878: “You scouse bastard” shouts the Scottish man
@m_mufc2020: Wearing a Liverpool top in the United home end? Thats fucking asking for it sorry. Wouldnt dream of doing that in any home end ive been in
@_TJ932O: Will forever find this type of behaviour strange. Attacking someone physically and verbally because they support a different football team.
@Vetealamierdefc: Wtf is that chain all about
@Swapan_Sarit: More attacking intent shown in the stands compared to their team on the pitch
@daddybeam: This is pathetic none of them fans would have hit him outside of that stadium buy they all think they are rocky coz he’s on his own
@Turner_LFC_06: How many of these assaulting that lad will be banned @ManUtdMatchday or arrested @gmpolice ????
@fodenaldo: It just a fucking game man and its not even his fault your team is shit, there’s no need for violence
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