Overview
- Liverpool issued an official statement calling the abuse of Ibrahima Konaté dehumanizing, cowardly and driven by hate.
- The club said platforms have the power, technology and resources to prevent such attacks yet too often fail to do so.
- Racist messages followed a Champions League round-of-16 match against Galatasaray in which Victor Osimhen left at half-time with a broken arm after a duel with Konaté.
- Liverpool vowed full support for Konaté and said it would seek to hold perpetrators accountable where possible.
- The club criticized anonymous accounts as a stain on the game and urged the football community to stop leaving the burden on players and teams.