I was absolutely stunned to see the video of Shrewsbury Town supporters mocking those who sadly lost their lives at Hillsborough ahead of Sunday's FA Cup tie with Liverpool.
Although it may only be a small percentage of fans, to sing about Hillsborough - particularly when the poignant documentary of Anne Williams' tireless campaign for justice has just been shown - is absolutely disgusting.
Nearly 100 people died that day and many more were injured and mentally scarred. I am absolutely shocked and I feel embarrassed for the good people of Shrewsbury and the good people who run the club, who have released a statement on it. I hope whoever was responsible is found out because it has no place in football.
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What we're seeing more and more of these days is fans coming to Anfield and they don’t even sing about their own team - it's just songs about Liverpool. Instead of coming and enjoying the day at one of the best stadiums in world football, they have to sour the occasion. It is pure envy of the club and the fans.
Why don’t teams just get behind their own team and stop worrying about Liverpool Football Club? We have won more trophies than any other English side overall, and that’s the only thing I can think it comes down to. Away supporters can continue doing what they want, but I just do not understand it whatsoever.
Youngsters can be proud of their performances
The main thing was to get through against Shrewsbury. As I said last week, the cups are now more important because of the way the league situation is.
It was a lacklustre first half on Sunday afternoon, the best moment was obviously Kaide Gordon’s piece of fantastic play. He got us back into the game with a great goal and showed real promise once again in a Liverpool shirt. I thought all the lads did themselves proud and it was a fully deserved win in the end.
It’s always difficult in these cup ties, especially when you’re playing a side with eleven men behind the ball. But the young lads we had out wanted the ball all the time, didn’t shy away from their responsibilities and that is a great sign.
The pressure is there when you're playing in front of such a large crowd at Anfield, but they handled it well. Conor Bradley was another player who stood out, he was a threat going forward. They all impressed on the day and I’m sure the manager was delighted with them.
We have to focus on the FA Cup, along with the Carabao Cup. Hopefully we can put a really strong team out against Arsenal in the upcoming matches with them and get to Wembley.
The bigger the trophy the better, but you can’t neglect a semi-final. The crowd does demand it, they will want to get to Wembley and Jurgen will be all too aware of that fact.
