Graeme Souness has warned Liverpool fans that they will tarnish the club’s image if they ruin planned tributes for the passing of Queen Elizabeth II.Boss Jurgen Klopp has already urged supporters to ‘respect’ the minute’s silence when Liverpool face Ajax on Tuesday night in the Champions League at Anfield.Liverpool take on the Dutch champions in their second Group A match, five days after the monarch passed away at the age of 96 to end a reign of more than 70 years.Liverpool fans are known to boo the English national anthem ‘God Save the Queen/King’ when it gets played at cup finals at Wembley, which started in the 1980s during the Conservative government’s ‘managed decline’ of the city.The city of Liverpool has a complex history and is associated with socialism, Irish immigration and even the slogan ‘Scouse not English’ – leading to suggestions the club’s supporters may decide to boo and jeer the planned minute’s silence.Liverpool legend Souness, though, has warned the club’s fans against doing so.‘It’s the name of Liverpool Football Club that will be tarnished if anyone misbehaves tonight, if they show any form of protest,’ he told TalkSPORT.<p lang=«en» dir=«ltr» xml:lang=«en»>âYou find yourself getting emotional at times, I donât make any excuse for that.â âShe has been flawless, an incredible servant to our country.â âThere is an argument for her being the greatest Briton in our history.â Graeme Souness pays an emotional tribute to the Queen.
pic.twitter.com/BugWitfbGL‘Liverpool will be tarnished for a long time to come. Someone has died, our Queen has died, show some respect. ‘That woman was such a loyal servant to our country for 70 years.