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Ibrahima Konate speaks to the media during press conference ahead of their UEFA Nations League 2025 semi-final match between France and Spain on June 04, 2025 in Stuttgart, Germany(Image: Pau Barrena - UEFA/UEFA via Getty Images)

Ibrahima Konate wished the victims of the Water Street crash a quick recovery as the Liverpool defender opened up on the "fear" that struck the players after learning of the incident last month.

The collision, which left over 100 people injured, happened at around 6pm on Monday May 26, as the Premier League champions reached The Strand following their four-hour, city-wide parade with the trophy itself.

A total of 109 people were hurt - some of them seriously - when a Ford Galaxy car was driven into crowds of pedestrians in the city centre following the parade.



Paul Doyle, from the West Derby area, has since appeared at court charged with a number of offences related to the incident.

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Doyle has been remanded into custody, with a provisional trial date set for November 24 and speaking to The Athletic, Konate has explained how the players themselves felt when they learned of the news shortly after disembarking their open-top bus on May 26.

“We felt disappointment, sadness, fear,” Konate said.

We felt the tension for a few hours, even a few days, because we didn’t know what the casualty list was.

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"We were really worried that people might have died.

But people were still injured, and that’s what’s still on our minds.

I hope they’ll all be OK.”

Liverpool City Council estimate that around 1.5m people poured out onto the streets on the day to celebrate the new Premier League champions as the players partied with the trophy alongside DJ Calvin Harris, who provided the soundtrack to the tour on the day.