Arne Slot has revealed he will give the Crystal Palace fans who disrupted the minutes' silence for Diogo Jota the benefit of the doubt.
A minute’s silence was held in honour of the former Liverpool forward who died last month alongside his brother Andre Silva in a car accident.
The 28-year-old had only married his childhood sweetheart weeks before in Portugal after lifting the Premier League with Liverpool last season. During a minute’s silence held before the Community Shield on Sunday, noise came from the Palace end of Wembley, met with boos from Liverpool fans ultimately cutting the minute short.
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The Liverpool manager has now responded to the incident, revealing: “I always try to be positive and what I think is that this person that maybe was noisy or loud didn't truly understand there was a minute of silence.
Arne Slot has broken his silence after the Community Shield
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“Because it happened quite a long time ago, I think we all know the minute of silence was there, and like you said, then a few tried to stop it, that leads to noise again.
“Then our fans are like, ‘hey, come on, what's happening over here?’
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“So I think there has been so much understanding from every other team, and we should not see this as a form of disrespect from the fans of Palace.
“I think it was maybe the guys that made noise probably didn't know what was happening at that moment," he revealed.
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A minute's silence for Diogo Jota was interrupted by Crystal Palace fans
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The Premier League champions will begin their title defence against Bournemouth on Friday at Anfield.
There is another tribute to Jota planned before kick-off for their opener, and Slot believes it will be well observed by the Anfield crowd.
LATEST SPORTS NEWS:“Palace have been outstanding here today, as well as our fans,” he continued.
“So we will see Friday when everybody knows the minute of silence is here again, the Bournemouth fans, and our fans will do the right thing.
Crystal Palace went on to win the match on penalties
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“I think everyone tried to do [the right thing] today as well, except for the ones that didn't do it with a bad idea, in my opinion,” the manager concluded to beIN SPORTS.