Flashpoint: United's Pogba (No 8) is ordered off by
referee David Coote, who felt his run-up to take a penalty was
unsporting
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZchW7MBe6OA
The bitter rivalry between Liverpool and
Manchester United marred an FA Youth Cup game at Anfield when away
supporters chanted songs about the Hillsborough and Heysel
disasters.
There were three arrests for drunkenness and six United
supporters were ejected in a chaotic quarter-final.
Both sides finished with nine men as United won 3-2 after
coming back from two goals down.
Old Trafford officials were appalled by the conduct of
some fans - two were spoken to by police after allegedly setting
off flares - and have vowed to take severe action if anyone
involved can be identified.
A United spokesman said: 'Singing songs about the
Hillsborough and Heysel tragedies is disgraceful. We will deal
harshly with anyone brought to our attention.'
Tiffs and butts: Blackett (left) and Coady square
up before their dismissals
John Aldridge, who played for Liverpool in 1989
when 96 fans lost their lives after going to watch an FA Cup
semi-final at Hillsborough, was among a crowd of more than
10,000.
He was dismayed at how the atmosphere degenerated. He
said: 'I have never seen anything like that before at a youth game
and I never want to see anything like it again. It was
disgusting.
'You get used to banter from United fans when they come to
Anfield but to hear those songs about Heysel and Hillsborough was
just horrible. The level of abuse was absolutely sickening. There
was evidently a group who had just come to cause problems and I
felt sorry for the families in the Manchester United end who just
wanted to watch a game of football.'
Liverpool, the FA Youth Cup winners in 2006 and 2007, had
looked on course to book a place in the last four when striker Adam
Morgan scored goals either side of half time.
Finishing school: striker Morgan gives Liverpool a
two-goal lead
Seeing red: the bloodied Coady is sent off
However, the complexion of the game changed
completely in the 58th minute when Liverpool defender Stephen Sama
was sent off for a professional foul.
United striker Paul Pogba took the resulting penalty but
he bizarrely received a second yellow card because referee David
Coote deemed the manner of his exaggerated run-up to be
unsporting.
Larnel Cole replaced Pogba as United's penalty taker and
he converted from 12 yards, but the incident clearly unsettled
Liverpool.
Ravel Morrison levelled three minutes after Cole's penalty
and the game became more and more bad-tempered.
Morrison, who has already played at senior level for
United this season in the Carling Cup, took advantage of
Liverpool's lack of discipline by firing in a late
winner.
To make matters worse for the home side, midfielder Conor
Coady was shown a straight red card, along with United's Tyler
Blackett, after they had to be pulled apart in injury
time