During Liverpool‘s 3-0 victory at Carrow Road, Norwich’s on-loan midfielder Billy Gilmour was subjected to “offensive and inappropriate” homophobic chanting by a section of fans of the travelling club.

The Scotland player, who joined Norwich in July, was targeted due to Chelsea being his parent club.

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However, Liverpool were quick to condemn the action of their fans. The chants were called out online by Kop Outs, Liverpool’s LGBT+ Fans Group, with the condemnation retweeted by the club, who added: “The chant is offensive and inappropriate – a message we have repeatedly communicated alongside Kop Outs. We urge supporters to remember the inclusive values of the club and to refrain from using it in the future.”

Initially, Kop Outs tweeted: “Great result today marred by homophobic chanting by some of our fans targeting Chelsea loanee Billy Gilmour. If you can’t support without resorting to bigoted nonsense, you don’t understand YNWA.”

Kick It Out, a UK-based anti-discrimination campaign group, have previously condemned the chant, writing in 2019: “The ‘rent boy’ chants have been directed at Chelsea for years, with little action taken by The FA or Police – and that must not continue. We are absolutely clear: the chant is homophobic and must be treated as such.”

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Ahead of the game, Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp was full of praise for the young Gilmour. Klopp, in the press conference, said that the midfielder is probably one of the best Scottish players that the nation has produced in half a century.

The 20-year-old player has made 11 appearances for the senior team at Chelsea. He scored 7 goals for the Blues. Since Chelsea has this jam-packed quality midfield, it was certainly very challenging for Billy to make his way into the first team.

Meanwhile, in the game, thanks to a goal and two assists from Mohamed Salah, the Reds registered a comfortable victory over newly-promoted Norwich City on Saturday in their opening fixture in the 2021/22 season. Diogo Jota and Roberto Firmino also featured with a goal apiece. Salah became the first Premier League player to score in five consecutive opening weekends.