Sir Alex Ferguson has stated Manchester United will support
Liverpool in "every way" when the teams meet on Sunday - just over a
week after the release of the
Hillsborough disaster report.
"It is going to be a very emotional day," said the United manager.
"We will support them in every way we can. We are supportive of Liverpool."
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“We understand what those families must have felt when they got that report”Sir Alex Ferguson
United criticised a section of their supporters
who took part in anti-Liverpool taunts during Saturday's fixture against Wigan.
The chants at Old Trafford, which included the words
"it's never your fault, always the victims", were first sung in the
immediate aftermath of the
Luis Suarez-Patrice Evra racism incident.
And the Manchester United Supporters' Trust rejected suggestions the chants were referencing Hillsborough.
But Ferguson added: "I didn't hear it [on Saturday], but others did, particularly in the directors' box. [Chief executive] David Gill was disappointed.
"It is a new chant that only started after the Suarez situation.
"I was disappointed to hear it. It is a minority. But in society there is a minority wanting to be heard."
The recent Hillsborough report cleared Liverpool fans of blame for the deaths of 96 supporters during an FA Cup semi-final tie between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest in April 1989.
The 70-year-old Scot added: "We understand what those families must have felt when they got that report."
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