Fans on social media have pointed out an unfortunate resemblence of flags Fulham had handed out to spectators at Craven Cottage ahead of their match against Liverpool to the hoods of American white-supremacist group the Klu Klux clan.
It came ahead of their Carabao Cup semi-final match against the Merseyside outfit on Wednesday night.
Marco Silva’s side came into the clash after going 2-1 down in the previous tie at Anfield, where goals from Curtis Jones and Cody Gakpo gave them the advantage coming into the second leg.
Fulham are hoping to gain a berth in the final of the League Cup for the first time in the club’s history.
But fans noticed that the flags had taken an unfortunate resemblence to the hoods of the white-supremacist group, with one X user writing, ‘Fulham have had a nightmare with those flags.’
Fans pointed out on social media that flags Fulham had handed out ahead of their League Cup clash against Liverpool bore a similar resemblence to the hoods of the Klu Klux Klan
Fans inside Craven Cottage were seen waved the flags ahead of the semi-final
Marco Silva’s side came into the fixture having suffered a 2-1 defeat by Liverpool in the previous leg
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Another wrote: ‘I don’t think that was well thought through.’
‘Someone didn’t think that through,’ said another while one fan added: ‘Who signed off on this?’
Fulham, who are searching for their third win in their last 13 matches, went a goal down after 11 minutes.
Diaz fired a deflected shot into the back of the net to give the hosts the a 3-1 lead on aggregate.
Fans reacted to the image on X (formerly Twitter) stating: ‘Someone didn’t think that one through did they’
More to follow…