BBC · Aug 10, 2025
Fans disrupting Jota silence had 'no bad intention'
Image caption, Crystal Palace won the Community Shield for the first timeLiverpool manager Arne Slot does not believe that Crystal Palace fans intended to disrupt the minute's silence held in remembrance of Diogo and Andre Silva before Sunday's Community Shield.
Referee Chris Kavanagh cut short the silence after supporters at Wembley booed shouts coming from the east end of Wembley, where the Palace fans were located.
Former Liverpool forward Jota and his brother Silva died in a car crash in northern Spain last month, aged 28 and 25 respectively.