LONDON (AFP) - Liverpool have apologised to Premiership rivals Manchester United for the behaviour of their fans during last month's FA Cup tie at Anfield.
Merseyside Police and the club have carried out an investigation after United fans were attacked by home supporters who pelted them with human excrement, coins and food. (emphasis mine)
Liverpool stadium and operations manager Ged Poynton has written to United admitting standards of behaviour had "fallen short" of that expected.
Poynton added in the News of the World: "We hold our hands up as a club. We deplore what certain fans have done.
"I use the word coward very reservedly but I class anyone who wants to throw a coin or something else when they are leaving as cowards.
"I am ashamed to admit in one case excrement was thrown. How low can you get? We did what we could, we tried to brush people down and compensate those involved."
Tensions between the rivals had been running higher than usual going into the February 18 match, which Liverpool won 1-0, after a controversial end to a Premiership encounter between the sides the previous month.
United's Gary Neville had run to celebrate in front of Liverpool fans after Rio Ferdinand headed a later winner at Old Trafford.
The cup tie was also marred by a section of home fans taunting United's Alan Smith after breaking his leg late in the match.
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Is this something you plan ahead for by bringing poo in little plastic bags, or do you drop yer drawers and gather your ammo in the heat of the moment?
WTF?!
Poo-flinging soccer fans?!
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I'm sure they were just improvising! At least Raider fans just piss on people.
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Holy shit, I for real LOL @ this..!!
How serious about your 'shit' do you have to be to actually bag it, and then fling it @ someone else..? Man, I wouldn't want to touch one of my own logs, let alone the thought of touching somebody elses..! Damn...Too funny...
How serious about your 'shit' do you have to be to actually bag it, and then fling it @ someone else..? Man, I wouldn't want to touch one of my own logs, let alone the thought of touching somebody elses..! Damn...Too funny...
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Leave it to the Brits to fling shit... lol And remind me never to go to a Raiders game. lol
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