English FA clears Liverpool Player off Racism Charge

The Premier League game between Liverpool and Arsenal at the Emirates in match week 10 of the season left a lot to desired from the Merseyside Reds, and in the heat of the moment, a scuffle took place between Liverpool’s Jordan Henderson and Arsenal defender, Gabriel Magalhaes which called for the FA to go into investigate.

Of course, in a moment such as that, the heat of passion from both players can be expected but it became news the minute the issue of race was mentioned, with one party accused to have used racial slurs against his opponent in the moment.

The case was taken up by the FA with investigations carried on to understand what really happened in the moment both players had charged at each other.

According to the FA, they stated their findings from the investigations declaring they found nothing in regards to the incident that could incriminate the Liverpool player of racism charges against the Arsenal player.

The FA revealed on their accounts their interactions with Jordan Henderson and Gabriel Magalhaes and also with available footage to back their findings and official statement.

The statement reads:

Following an investigation into an allegation received by The FA in the Premier League fixture between Arsenal FC and Liverpool FC on Sunday 9 October 2022, The FA can confirm that it will not be taking any disciplinary action.

The FA received a complaint about an incident involving two players in this fixture. As a result of the complaint, The FA conducted a full and thorough investigation.

The investigation included taking witness statements from the complainant and accused, along with an additional six players who were within proximity of the alleged incident, reviewing multiple angles of video footage, and seeking independent linguistics experts evidence. None of the witnesses heard the alleged comment, and the player accused strenuously denied the allegation throughout.

Whilst The FA is entirely satisfied that the allegation was made in good faith, it is equally satisfied that there is no case to answer.”