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Manchester City fan, 42, who mimicked CPR gestures at Liverpool supporters in vile reference to Hillsborough disaster while in the crowd with his 10-year-old son is banned from football matches for three years

A Manchester City fan has been banned from football matches for three years for making offensive Hillsborough gestures at Liverpool fans – while in the crowd with his young son.

David Murphy, 42, was seen to make the gestures - mimicking CPR - when City beat their Premier League rivals 3-2 in the Carabao Cup in December, last year.

Murphy, who attended the match at the Eithad Stadium with his 10-year-old son, admitted a charge of using threatening or abusive words or behaviour likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress when he appeared at Manchester Magistrates' Court on Thursday.