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- Fans seen they bore an unlucky resemblence to the hoods of the KKK
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Fans on social media have identified an unlucky resemblence of flags that Fulham had handed out to spectators at Craven Cottage to the hoods of the American white-supremacist group the Klu Klux Klan.
It got here forward of their Carabao Cup semi-final match towards Liverpool on Wednesday night time.
Marco Silva‘s aspect suffered a 2-1 defeat of their earlier tie at Anfield, the place targets from Curtis Jones and Cody Gakpo gave the Reds the benefit coming into the second leg.
Fulham, in the meantime, are hoping to realize a berth within the ultimate of the League Cup for the primary time within the membership’s historical past. Despite that, the house aspect had been dealt a blow within the opening 11 minutes of the match after Luis Diaz put the hosts 1-0 up.
But followers on social media seen that the flags that had been handed out to the house spectators forward of the match had taken an unlucky resemblence to the hoods of the white-supremacist group.
Fans identified on social media that flags Fulham had handed out forward of their League Cup conflict towards Liverpool bore an analogous resemblence to the hoods of the Klu Klux Klan
Fans inside Craven Cottage had been seen waved the flags forward of the semi-final
Marco Silva’s aspect got here into the fixture having suffered a 2-1 defeat by Liverpool within the earlier leg
The membership had propped the white flags up towards seats inside the house finish of the stadium and had additionally positioned black flags in different areas of the bottom.
Ahead of the match, followers unfolded the flags to unveil a sea of black and white stripes contained in the stadium akin to the membership’s colors.
One X (previously Twitter) consumer wrote: ‘Fulham have had a nightmare with these flags.’
Another wrote: ‘I do not suppose that was properly thought by means of.’
‘Someone did not suppose that by means of,’ mentioned one other whereas one fan added: ‘Who signed off on this?’
Fulham, who’re looking for their third win of their final 13 matches, went a aim down after 11 minutes.
Diaz fired a deflected shot into the again of the web to offer the hosts the a 3-1 lead on mixture.
Fans reacted to the picture on X (previously Twitter) stating: ‘Someone did not suppose that one by means of did they’
Luis Diaz put the guests 1-0 up after 11 minutes after his shot was deflected into the again of the Fulham aim
But Fulham did have their probabilities in the beginning of the sport, with Antonee Robinson firing a harmful cross into the penalty space, forcing Caoimhin Kelleher to step off his line to provide a glorious save.
Ahead of the sport Marco Silva mentioned, per The Evening Standard: ‘The followers, after all, are actually hungry to see the membership once more preventing for silverware.
‘Everyone is taking a look at us to see what we’re succesful to do towards a prime aspect like Liverpool. Of course, it’s a terrific likelihood for us, but when the membership preserve doing the fitting issues I’m certain that it received’t be the final.’
Should Liverpool win the tie, they may go on to play Chelsea within the League Cup ultimate after they defeated Middlesbrough 6-1 (6-2 on mixture) on Tuesday night time.