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Diogo Jota death prompts outpouring of grief from Liverpool fans

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Thousands of football fans have made their way to Anfield stadium to pay their respects to the Liverpool forward Diogo Jota after his death in a car crash in Spain.

Jota, 28, was killed when a Lamborghini he was travelling in with his younger brother, Andre Silva, suffered a tyre blow-out, crashed and caught fire in Cernadilla in the Zamora province.

Both men died in the crash, which happened at about 00:300 local time, Spanish police told the BBC.

A sea of flowers, football shirts, scarves, balloons and flags have been laid outside Liverpool's ground by fans since news of his death broke.