Focus on the football, Liverpool chief urges fans

Liverpool managing director Ian Ayre has warned fans and players alike must ensure the focus is on football when they meet Manchester United in the FA Cup tomorrow.

Feelings between are running high in the wake of Luis Suarez’s eight-match ban for racially abusing Patrice Evra.

Rumours abound about what will be worn, written and chanted at Anfield but Ayre stressed that, although he did not want the arch-rivalry to be diluted, there was no place for hatred.