Liverpool loss a depressing win for the football fans who thrive on the misery of other clubs – The Warm-Up

Liverpool loss brings joy to too many Perhaps it is just the exhaustion of a season that still isn’t over yet (thanks, Nations League), but it was difficult not to feel exasperated by the weekend that was on Football Twitter. Ad/> Suddenly Mohamed Salah was a bottler, Jurgen Klopp a fraud, and this Liverpool side a complete failure for playing every match possible this season and coming so close to the quadruple.

And don’t get us started on the trophy parade… For just two trophies? … Oh, and they’re smiling?! How dare they. Champions League'It was a shambles' — Robertson criticises organisation of Champions League finalA DAY AGO Tribalism has long been part of the game, but it has been exacerbated by social media, and on Saturday it seemed to stretch well beyond the often-innocent joy taken from another club simply losing a match (just search the depressingly frequent “bin dippers” slur on Twitter and see for yourself).

On the debacle that delayed the Champions League final, too, suddenly everyone was an expert, selecting certain pictures or videos of isolated incidents involving a minority to make their point – and yes, the Liverpool fan who snuck his dad in did his own club no favours – while others made baseless claims from their armchair based on the fact that the events unfolding involved a club they do not like. What appears clear is that, due to the bottleneck, this would have happened to any set of supporters, and before it gets mentioned in retort – entering the Real Madrid end was not exactly easy either.

/> The thread above from The Mail on Sunday’s Rob Draper lays it all out, as do the myriad accounts from those on the ground, and so expect this to rumble on. An investigation by UEFA appears inevitable,