Premier League: Liverpool's Klopp slams 'disgusting' Salah chants, calls for lifetime ban on Chelsea fans

Written By DNA Web Team | Updated: Apr 12, 2019, 08:50 PM IST

Jurgen Klopp has condemned "disgusting" racist abuse aimed at Mohamed Salah and called for lifetime bans for the Chelsea fans accused of taunting the Liverpool star.

Jurgen Klopp has condemned "disgusting" racist abuse aimed at Mohamed Salah and called for lifetime bans for the Chelsea fans accused of taunting the Liverpool star.

A video circulated on social media ahead of Chelsea's Europa League match at Slavia Prague this week showed a group of six supporters chanting "Salah is a bomber" repeatedly.

Egypt forward Salah, who played for Chelsea before joining Roma in 2016, is a practising Muslim and has previously faced abuse about his religion.

"The stronger the reaction from all of us, the more it will help to avoid things like this in the future," he said.

The German manager believes football authorities, clubs and players must unite with one voice to condemn such actions and make a stand together.

"It is a complete misunderstanding of how life should be -- all parts of racism are that some people think they are more worthy or valuable than others and that's the biggest misunderstanding in the world out there," he said.

"Football is the best example of how people from different races can work together brilliantly.

"Go into any dressing room in the world and you see players sitting next to each other, and nobody cares where you come from or who your parents are.

"Because football is very public we talk a lot about this so I think we pretty much have a strong voice and we have to use that strong voice and say altogether things like this are not allowed to happen again."