According to police, three males were detained for allegedly screaming homophobic slurs during Saturday’s Premier League match between Liverpool and Chelsea at Anfield.
On Tuesday, Merseyside Police reported that in three different incidents, two arrests occurred on Anfield Road outside the stadium and one occurred within the building.
The males were detained on suspicion of “homophobic intentional harassment alarm and distress,” according to a statement.
We are also aware that during the Premier League game, stewards removed 16 persons for a variety of offenses from the stadium.
‘Merseyside Police will not accept hate crime of any sort, and we will bring to court anyone found accountable for engaging in any abusive chanting,’ said Superintendent Paul Sutcliffe, the game’s match commander. We will pursue football bans against the three suspects in this case if they are prosecuted and convicted of the crime.
