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Richard Garnett

Angry Ultras force ex-Liverpool midfielder into hasty exit from first press conference as manager

Former Liverpool winger Albert Riera did not get the welcome he hoped for in his new management job, after a gang of angry Ultras forced him to leave his first press conference.

The Spaniard, who played for the Reds under Rafa Benitez from 2008-10, was recently appointed the new boss of Slovenian side Olimpija Ljubljana, after leaving his assistant coach post at Turkish club Galatasaray. But when the 40-year-old was presented to national media by his new club, the press conference was stormed by a group of supporters, some of whom were masked, who confronted Riera and the club's chairman at the front of the room.

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