'This name will live on': Liverpool players and fans united in grief for Diogo Jota at Preston

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Liverpool fans Tom Whitestone, Delilah Whitestone, Aaron Cale and Anne Cale with a Diogo Jota scarf.

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And I would want to be watching him play here today.”

Holding up a Diogo Jota shirt, Roger said: “But this number, this name, will live on - because we’re Liverpool.

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A Liverpool fan holds up a shirt commemorating Diogo Jota

Inside and outside the ground, fans were brought to tears after beautiful renditions of Can’t Help Falling in Love and You’ll Never Walk Alone by Claudia Rose Maguire.

During the club’s anthem, an emotional Preston captain Ben Whiteman then walked out with a wreath in honour of Jota and Silva, taking it around the Deepdale pitch before laying it down in front of the away supporters.

This was followed by a minute’s silence in memory of Jota and Silva