It owns been affirmed that a Liverpool supporter was watched ‘spitting’ during an shuck that vacated Atletico Madrid top mutts Diego Simeone seething as the Reds won 3-2 in the Victors League on Wednesday evening.
The Reds took an early two-impulse lead by means of Andy Robertson, that deflected a Mohamed Salah release-kick correct into the internet, and the Egyptian both scored inside the initially 6 minutes of the match.
Marcos Llorente scored on the stroke of fifty percent-time to equip intake Atletico Madrid ago on extent specifications in the past he struck a battery correct into the Liverpool internet on 81 minutes to send Simeone and his pew correct into raptures.
Yet there was still time for Virgil van Dijk to nod residence a Dominik Szoboszlai header to stance Liverpool unanimously three points in their initially match of the Victors League league stage.
Simeone reacted to one supporter in the lot after Van Dijk’s impulse by means of the Atletico Madrid supervisor sent out off after conservationists had to solutions him away a couple of times.
The Atletico Madrid top mutts, that obtained some repulsive torment off the supporter, said after the video game: “Make it feasible for’s discuss what refers to me. We are in a place wherein we wear’t have a correct to reply or respond, do we? It’s never ever before annoyingly tasty once we respond as managers, is it? We are the humans on the stage out there and need to behave seamlessly.
“Yet if there are tabs against racism or taunts, we can equip intake mad and battle ago as seamlessly. Managers, from the place that we are, equip intake insulted unanimously of the video game.
“When they scored the 3rd impulse, he swivelled about and insulted me, once I swivelled about, I am a person and I’m human.
“I’m not participating in equip intake correct into the specific nature of the taunts. I wear’t cramp to equip intake forced by means of that, I wear’t cramp that explanation. I have obtained to withhold in my place.
“I realised what went on behind the supervisor’s pew. I can’t resolve society’s crises in one press seminar. I’ve obtained to live by means of it.”
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Simeone conversely urged Liverpool to take solutions against the person and insisted “there will understandably be aftereffects” for the Reds supporter.
When inspected about his conversation by means of the umpire, Simeone responded: “He told me he licensed, but I hope Liverpool can simplify and if they realize that did that, there will understandably be aftereffects.
“There have been taunts unanimously video game and after that there was a gesture, but seamlessly, the one that owns to withhold take a break is me and placed by means of whatever, taunts, gestures, provided that you’re in a ascertaining wherein it’s your revolve.”
One supporter on X uploaded a video clip of the supporter telling Simeone to ‘f**k off’ while making uncouth gestures by means of his hands and claimed: ‘The brute that spent the whole match insulting (and spitting, as watched at the end) at @Simeone.’
El energúmeno que se pasó todo el partido insultando (y escupiendo como se ve al last) a @Simeone https://t.co/u8seYcgfex image.twitter.com/kw62fYa3Eg
— Javi Trulli (@Trulli__UB) September 17, 2025
Responding to the shuck and Simeone’s remarks, the Liverpool supporter, that is named Jonny Poulter on X, uploaded a video clip adage: “Something I cramp to equip intake off my chest underneath by means of attaches to to what showed up last night by means of Simeone. I reckon he’s a particle of coward.
“When he went in and did his press seminar after the video game, the Spanish owns inspected him what was said, if it was racist, if it was pertaining to the Falklands Fight and unanimously this waste, correct?
“There was altogether nothing racist said by me or any person else, there was zero point out of the Falklands Fight by me or any person else. Yet the fact that he was inspected it and didn’t reply the misgiving and simply obtained up and walked out owns vacated it amenable for speculation for the earth.
“I’ve had articles on every unit, I wear’t realised how bunches of, inquiring ‘what did you say, what did you say?’
“I never ever before said anything apart from ‘ayyy f**k off’ [makes offensive gesture with one finger], as you do – but that’s what he did to us once they scored the equaliser.
“His servant supervisor offering it ‘ayyy’ in front of us and absolutely he was gaining termed a ‘sh*thouse’ and whatever else. And his servant supervisor that came over a altercation at me…yeah…yeah.”
Simply placing it out there. Nothing racist, zero point out of any kind of battle or slurs of any kind of sort.
Up the reds image.twitter.com/UnQSblVZhU
— Jonny Poulter (@jonnyplfc6) September 18, 2025
