Liverpool And Merseysidel And Merseyside Police Are Investigating An Incident Of Alleged Abuse From Tans Towards Oldham Athletic Defender Tom Adeyemi

The 20-year-old was visibly upset late in his side's 5-1 FA Cup third round defeat at Anfield on Friday.
The game was stopped briefly while Adeyemi alerted referee Neil Swarbrick to the incident.
However, Merseyside Police confirmed that no arrests were made for "racially aggravated behaviour".
On Saturday evening, Liverpool issued a further statement, saying: "Liverpool Football Club continue to work closely with Merseyside Police to establish all the facts surrounding the
incident that occurred during last night's game.
We take this matter extremely seriously and have today provided the police with the evidence we currently have available to us.
This includes CCTV coverage and still photography of what we believe to be the relevant part of the stadium, statements from match-day stewards in that area and full access to all the
footage captured by the cameras filming the match for our in-house TV operation.
In addition, we have examined records of the tickets purchased in that part of the ground to see if they provide any additional information and have passed that on to the police.
Finally, we would also urge any of our supporters who witnessed this incident or saw the individual involved and who have not already done so, to contact either the club or the police.
Oldham captain Dean Furman urged authorities to take "heavy action" against fans found to be abusive.
He was abused and I'll leave it to Tom and the police to investigate that," said Furman. "What happened should not happen in the game.
It has been highlighted over the last few months and it is an absolute disgrace."
Oldham manager Paul Dickov revealed he had not spoken to Adeyemi, who is on loan from Norwich, about the incident after the match, but accepted something had upset him.
From my point of view I have not spoken to Tom about it but I know the kid and something has been said," said Dickov.
He is a placid boy, a kid who has been well educated with a fantastic temperament and has been with us since the end of August and I've never seen him raise his voice.
For him to react like that it is obvious something has been said but what has been said I don't know because I've not had a chance to ask - I was too busy praising my players.
He is fine now. He has calmed down. He is a laid-back kid who just gets on with business.
Our players went and calmed him down and the Liverpool players did as well, which was fantastic and is why they are top professionals."
The incident involving Adeyemi compounds a difficult few weeks for Liverpool, who were without Luis Suarez for the match against the Latics as the striker serves an eight-match ban for
racially abusing Manchester United defender Patrice Evra at Anfield in October.
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Manchester City vs Liverpool 3 January 2012

City and Liverpool have struggled for goals of late but there should be plenty of attacking action in the second half.

Perhaps strangely for a side who average 2.8 goals a match in the league this season, Manchester City have struggled to hit the back of the net of late.
The Citizens drew blanks in each of their last two matches and, in the two games prior to a 3-0 win over Stoke at the Etihad Stadium, could only score once against Chelsea and Arsenal.
With their goals per game average for the last five games just one, the last thing City will have wanted is a match against Liverpool, who have the best defensive record in the league.
The Reds have conceded just 15 times in 19 matches this season and only two in the last five games.
That said, it would take a brave man to predict a Liverpool clean sheet at the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday evening at odds of 18/5.
Although it must be tempting to have a punt on City failing to score given the potential winnings – a successful £25 free bet would return £115 – the Citizens have found the back of the net in every single game they have played at the Etihad this season.
And with the likes of David Silva and Sergio Aguero likely to start having been benched for the defeat to Sunderland on New Year’s Day, it would be a huge surprise if Liverpool – as good as they are defensively – were able to keep the Citizens quiet.
Indeed, the better bet would be on Liverpool failing to score at 29/20.
The Reds have scored just ten times in nine away league games this season, while Man City have only conceded four times in their nine home league matches.
However, the return of talisman Steven Gerrard should ensure Liverpool carry more attacking intent than they have done in recent games on their travels, with the Reds’ captain showing in a second-half cameo against Newcastle just what his side have missed in recent months.
And if there are goals, they are more likely to come in the second half than they are in the first.
Three-quarters of the goals scored by Man City in their home games have come in the second half, while over 70 per cent of the goals conceded by Liverpool have come after the interval.
Similarly, City have yet to concede in the first half of their home games, suggesting Liverpool will have a greater chance of attacking success after the interval.
With this in mind, the best bet heading into tomorrow’s game could be a punt on there being more goals in the second half than there are in the first at odds of 23/20.
A successful £25 free bet on there being more goals in the second half than in the first is set to return £53.75, with the free bet available to new customers who sign up for a bwin account.
As for the final result, City go into the match as 4/5 favourites in bwin’s 3Way football betting market, leaving the draw at 5/2 and a Liverpool success at 333/100.
Home advantage certainly means that Roberto Mancini’s men are the more likely to collect all three points, although given their struggle for goals and Liverpool’s defensive resilience, a draw could be the better bet.
A 1-1 draw is temptingly priced at 11/2, with this scoreline being the outcome when City visited Anfield earlier in the season.
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