“There is no defending Liverpool fans....” followed by 1000 words doing exactly that, including blaming Joe A, dragging Everton fans into the mix, claiming that RS are held to a higher account than other fan bases (what?), and bringing up hillsborough on a couple of occasions where it’s simply not a factor here.
The red infiltration of the media, is a big factor in their inability to accept culpability, and call it out.
Indeed, why would they accept any responsibility, when they know there’ll be half a dozen defences written for them within a week, and they can swerve any accountability and point the finger anywhere but at themselves.