Liverpool are set to hand a lifetime ban to a supporter following racial abuse hurled at an Asian family at Anfield at the weekend.
The racist incident occurred during a Liverpool Legends charity game versus Milan Glorie on Saturday on Merseyside.
A 37-year-old from Ballymena in Northern Ireland was handed a suspended sentence at Sefton Magistrates' Court on Monday.
The man admitted a charge of racially aggravated threatening or abusive behaviour with intent to cause harassment, alarm or distress.
A Liverpool statement said:
"We condemn in the strongest possible terms the racist abuse that a family was subjected to during Saturday's legends match against Milan Glorie.
"The individual responsible has received a criminal conviction and will also be subject to the club's sanctions process.
"Anyone found guilty of such an offence will be subject to a lifetime stadium ban, regardless of the classification of fixture."
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