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Statement follows this post from James Tarkowski's wife, Samantha

That statement follows this post from Tarkowski's wife, following the Merseyside derby this week:

"I wasn't actually going to say anything because we usually just laugh it off but f*** it.

"The level of abuse my husband is receiving - wishing death on him, vile comments about me, about us as a couple, and about him as a person - is beyond disgusting.



He goes out there and does his job and does it very f*** well, yet he's subjected to so much hate.

"For those acting like he deliberately set out to hurt someone - [are you] serious?

No player goes out there to injure someone and do you think any player would feel good about it if they did?

"But pure s*** messages, the threats?

The abuse, the threats - it's not passion, it's pathetic.

We're real people, and this goes far beyond football."