Liverpool youth player reports racist abuse in consecutive matches
Club abandon matches at youth tournament in GermanyEintracht Frankfurt insist remarks were ‘linguistic issue’
Liverpool have called for an urgent investigation after saying a member of their under-18s team was the victim of racial abuse in two consecutive matches during a youth tournament in Germany.
Liverpool players and coaches left the pitch in both fixtures, against Hoffenheim on Friday and Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday, at the Bundesliga Cup youth tournament after the same player complained to match officials and coaches that he had been abused. Both matches were abandoned, despite Eintracht’s claim that any remarks were “a linguistic issue”.
