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Man United avoid sanction for fans' chants about Hillsborough

Midfielder Marouane Fellaini also escaped any retrospective action for an alleged elbow on Liverpool's Emre Can because neither incident was mentioned by the referee Carlos Velasco Carballo.

Man United avoid sanction for fans' chants about Hillsborough
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"The reports of the match officials did not include any mention of the alleged incidents, therefore no disciplinary proceedings have been opened for this," UEFA said in a statement on Monday.

Ninety-six Liverpool fans died following a crush of bodies on the terraces during an FA Cup match against Nottingham Forest at Hillsborough, Sheffield in 1989.

United condemned the actions of a minority of the travelling support.

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"It has always been the position of Manchester United that chants of this nature, which refer to historical tragedies, have no place in the game and do not reflect the values the club holds," a club spokesperson said.

(Reporting by Shravanth Vijayakumar in Bengaluru, editing by Ed Osmond)


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