Merseyside Police have vowed to bring any football supporter identified to have caused criminal damage at Anfield on Sunday to justice. Pictures circulated online showed toilets and television screens damaged in the away section during Everton ’s 2-0 defeat to Liverpool causing an estimated several thousand pounds worth of damage.
Both clubs have been liaising with each other and the police since the incident and the force have confirmed that they intend to examine CCTV footage. Everton will punish any of their supporters found to have participated in causing the damage.
“We are investigating an incident of criminal damage which took place inside Anfield Stadium on Sunday 24 April,” a police spokeswoman said “The toilets and television screens in the concourse area of the stadium were found to have been vandalised after the derby game between Liverpool and Everton.