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Liverpool fans' conduct after Diogo Jota's death makes me emotional - it was unbelievable

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Eight months on from his passing, tributes to Jota continue, both visual and in song.There were especially poignant scenes when Liverpool hosted Jota's previous club, Wolves, in December, when members of his family were in attendance. Speaking earlier this season, he told Ally McCoist on TNT Sports: "The way the fans conducted themselves after that tragedy, how many flowers there were, all the memorials, I can almost get emotional thinking about it.Ensure our latest sport headlines always appear at the top of your Google Search by making us a Preferred Source.



Click here to activate or add us as Preferred Source in your Google search setting"It's unbelievable what our fans have done and our players as well, the way they have conducted themselves in and around the funeral. And then we have to train again."Slot said Jota's widow and children were never far from his thoughts, adding: "There are moments where I feel, 'What must his wife and his children feel now?'"It sounds so hard but our life continues.

All the latest news and analysis from Anfield on the Liverpool Echo's dedicated LFC Facebook pageSlot also had praise for Fenway Sports Group, who agreed to pay the final two years of Jota's contract to his family. He said: "Owners are mainly criticised, like managers, but the way they've handled this situation by paying his wife and his children all the money from the contract is.