Liverpool life ban supporter who almost harmed Andy Robertson against Manchester United

The Pre­mier League club on Mon­day announced a life ban from Anfield for the fan who near­ly injured Andy Robert­son after clash­ing with Liv­er­pool play­ers cel­e­brat­ing his sev­enth goal against Man­ches­ter United.

As the play­ers cel­e­brat­ed Sun­day’s final goal in a 7–0 thrash­ing of their rivals, the fan ran onto the pitch, slid and col­lid­ed with Robert­son, who grabbed his ankle and went down, but the defend­er fin­ished the match.

A 16-year-old boy has been arrest­ed on sus­pi­cion of tres­pass­ing on a foot­ball field, accord­ing to Mersey­side police.

“There is no excuse for this unac­cept­able and dan­ger­ous con­duct,” Liv­er­pool said in a state­ment. “The safe­ty of our play­ers, team­mates and fans is of utmost importance.

“The club is now con­tin­u­ing its for­mal sanc­tions process and sus­pend­ing the sus­pec­t’s account until the process is completed.

“If found guilty of enter­ing the ground with­out per­mis­sion, the offend­er could have a crim­i­nal record and be banned for life from Anfield and all Pre­mier League sta­di­ums. These actions are dan­ger­ous and ille­gal and with seri­ous consequences.”

Police said their offi­cers are work­ing with the club on the incident.

“He will vol­un­tar­i­ly attend Mersey­side Police Sta­tion in con­nec­tion with this inci­dent,” it said in a statement.

The fan was escort­ed by the stew­ards and also rep­ri­mand­ed by Liv­er­pool man­ag­er Jür­gen Klopp, rag­ing on the touch­line as the assis­tant ref­er­ee tried to calm him down.

The result moves Liv­er­pool into fifth place, three points behind fourth-placed Tot­ten­ham, with one game left. Liv­er­pool will face rel­e­gat­ed Bournemouth on Saturday.