Two Italians in court over attack as Irish Liverpool fan fights for life

Merseyside Police are hoping Liverpool supporters on their way to the club’s Champions League tie with Roma will come forward with footage and eyewitness accounts of an attack which left a Co Meath father in a critical condition.

Update 9am: Two Italian men have been charged in connection with an attack on an Irish man before Liverpool's Champions League match with Roma, Merseyside Police said.

Liverpool supporter Sean Cox, a 53-year-old father of three from Dunboyne, Co Meath, suffered serious head injuries after being assaulted outside Anfield stadium on Tuesday.