Jurgen Klopp has called for respect, former players including Graeme Souness have said that disruption would be unacceptable and, perhaps most importantly, the Hillsborough Survivors Support Alliance have said that the backlash would affect the family members of victims.
Yet critics will no doubt be circling in advance of Liverpool's Champions League game against Ajax at Anfield this evening, tuning in to see if the minute’s silence to mark the death of Queen Elizabeth II is anything but impeccably observed.
Much of the attention stems from the furore around Liverpool fans booing the national anthem at Wembley last season, a long-held anti-establishment stance taken up by large sections of the club’s support. Booing the anthem has been happening since at least the 1980s but it veered into the wider discourse last season when a number of politicians aired criticism.
