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Liverpool investigate claims youth star Jordan Williams mocked Munich air disaster after Europa League win over Manchester United

Tweets sent from player’s account have since been deleted

LIVERPOOL are looking into claims starlet Jordan Williams mocked the Munich
air disaster after Thursday night’s Europa League win over Manchester
United
.

A tweet from sent from the young midfielder’s account depicted an aeroplane
emoji and pair of hands clapping.

Williams, 20, was responding to a video of Liverpool
fans celebrating inside Old Trafford after a 1-1
draw sent the Reds through 3-1 on aggregate
.


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In 1958 eight United players were among 23 who died in a crash at Munich
Airport and some Liverpool fans have been known to taunt their arch-rivals
with a song and aeroplane gestures.

The tweet was quickly deleted and Williams — who is currently on loan at
Swindon — later apologised, claiming he did compose the post.

He wrote: “My Twitter has been hacked, I would never put anything like that to
offend anyone, sorry about this.”