Manchester United will not be punished by Uefa after
some of their fans sang offensive Hillsborough disaster
chants in a Europa League defeat at Liverpool.
United's Marouane Fellaini has also escaped sanction for
an alleged elbow on Emre Can in the final moments.
Uefa decided to take no action as neither incident was
mentioned in the match officials' report.
Liverpool won the first leg of their last-16 tie 2-0 at
Anfield and the return takes place on Thursday.
Officials are set to pay closer attention to chants at Old
Trafford.
United have said such chants "have no place in the game".
Ninety-six Liverpool fans died in an FA Cup semi-final at
Hillsborough between the Reds and Nottingham Forest in
1989.
The Old Trafford club have previously been subject to
offensive chants themselves concerning the 1958 Munich
air disaster, in which eight players and three club officials
were among 23 people who lost their lives in a crash
following a European Cup tie.
Former Liverpool midfielder Ray Houghton told BBC Radio
5 live the chants at Anfield last Thursday were "dreadful",
while ex-Manchester United striker Dion Dublin called
them "disgusting".
A story in the Sun newspaper four days after the
Hillsborough disaster criticised the behaviour of Liverpool
fans at the game. The newspaper is still widely boycotted
in Merseyside as a result.
"There were chants during the first half - 'the Sun was
right', referring to the Hillsborough tragedy," said BBC
Sport's Juliette Ferrington, who was at Anfield.
"It wasn't continuous but it was clearly audible, maybe four
or five times. It kind of got drowned out. The noise at the
game was deafening."
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