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'When you push your fanbase too far, there will be a reaction': Jamie Carragher says he understands why furious Man United fans protested against the Glazer family at Old Trafford as Liverpool hero insists 'this is not a time for tribalism'

Jamie Carragher says he understands why Manchester United fans are revolting against the club's American owners after the dramatic scenes witnessed at Old Trafford on Sunday.

United's Premier League fixture against Liverpool was postponed after hundreds of fans protested against the Glazer family outside the stadium.

A minority breached security cordons to get onto the Old Trafford pitch while there were violent clashes with bottles thrown when police moved in to disperse the crowd.

Hundreds of Manchester United supporters protested against the Glazer family at Old Trafford
Some fans stormed the Old Trafford pitch to make their feelings known about the owners
Liverpool icon Jamie Carragher (left) says he sympathises with the protesting United fans

But former Liverpool defender Carragher, who was pitchside working for Sky Sports when the protestors stormed the pitch, said 'I never felt threatened… there was a sense of revolt and mutiny within the stadium, not violence.