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Liverpool fans can’t thank Villarreal supporters enough for their classy Hillsborough tribute

Published 21:18 28 Apr 2016 BST

Updated 21:24 28 Apr 2016 BST

Nooruddean Choudry
Liverpool fans can’t thank Villarreal supporters enough for their classy Hillsborough tribute

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It seems Liverpool are winning hearts and making friends all over Europe.

Hot on the heels of their very cordial two-legged tie with Borussia Dortmund in the quarter-finals of the Europa League, they've quickly developed a bond with Villarreal fans in the semis too. The Spanish club not only boast an extremely Beatle-esque nickname of El Submarino Amarillo, or the Yellow Submarine, but they also have an acute appreciation of Liverpool's recent tragic past. In a week that has seen Merseyside celebrate vindication and justice in the Hillsborough inquest, their Iberian equivalents unfurled a banner marking their remembrance of the 96 victims of the tragedy. https://twitter.com/LivEchoLFC/status/725763824482181120 It was a gesture that didn't go unnoticed by Liverpool supporters, who took to Twitter to voice their immense appreciation of the noble and empathetic gesture. https://twitter.com/1sherif19/status/725764104544223232 https://twitter.com/fraconway/status/725764590399791104 https://twitter.com/ZedGrrdaisy/status/725762770361303043 https://twitter.com/Heemalization/status/725762821682806784 https://twitter.com/ap19_/status/725762744662790146 https://twitter.com/CharlieBlags/status/725764879936790528

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Liverpool fans can't thank Villarreal supporters enough for their classy Hillsborough tribute