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Manchester United and Liverpool fans warned they face prison sentence if they unfurl vile banners before match

Any Manchester United or Liverpool supporters caught unfurling obscene banners this weekend face potential jail.

The pair's last meeting at Old Trafford - a Europa League quarter-final in March - was blighted by abhorrent chanting and fighting.

That came after a Hillsborough banner, reading 'murderers' alongside the date of the tragedy, was draped over a motorway bridge.

A controversial banner relating to the 1989u00a0Hillsborough disaster was unfurled on the M602 ahead of Liverpool's trip to Manchester United during their Europa League tie in March
A controversial banner relating to the 1989 Hillsborough disaster was unfurled on the M602 ahead of Liverpool's trip to Manchester United during their Europa League tie in March
Manchester United fans were greeted by a few rude banner hanging from M62 motorway bridge ahead of the first leg of the Europa League encounter at Anfield
Manchester United fans were greeted by a few rude banner hanging from M62 motorway bridge ahead of the first leg of the Europa League encounter at Anfield

It was in full view of travelling fans driving through Salford on the way to Old Trafford, with two men ordered to serve community service for posting the pictures online.