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Chelsea Fans Chant Racist Slur Against Liverpool’s Salah, Clubs Condemn Behavior
Friday 12 April 2019, by
On the sidelines of a match between Chelsea and Slavia Prague (not even a Liverpool match), a video reveals that in an English bar several supporters were chanting the words "Salah is a bomber". Chelsea and Liverpool have strongly condemned these racist acts.
For Liverpool, this video where the Egyptian player is described as a "bomber" is "dangerous and disturbing". The club expressed itself in a statement in which it is also stated: "This behavior must be called for what it is: pure sectarianism." Liverpool has also taken steps, by contacting Chelsea, to "identify the individuals" guilty of sectarianism, according to the Club.
For its part, Chelsea also published a statement in which the entire club states that it finds "any form of discriminatory behavior horrible", promising that it "will take the most severe measures" against those responsible if they are "members" or "subscribers".
The Guardian also specifies that three Chelsea supporters were banned from entering the stadium for the Slavia Prague-Chelsea match in the Europa League. They would have been identified as participating in the act described as sectarian by Liverpool.