United hit out at anti-Liverpool chants

Manchester United tonight said the club “deplore” the anti-Liverpool chanting which occurred briefly at Old Trafford during the 4-0 win over Wigan.

United manager Sir Alex Ferguson had expressed the hope that a line could be drawn in the sand on the sour relations between the two sets of supporters following this week’s damning report on the handling of the Hillsborough disaster in 1989, in which 96 people died.