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Liverpool fans 'totally vindicated' by Hillsborough inquest - Dalglish

Liverpool legend Kenny Daglish believes that the supporters of the club have been vindicated by the latest verdict from the Hillsborough inquest.

The Inquest on Tuesday concluded that 96 fans were unlawfully killed during the FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest at Hillsborough in 1989.

Dalglish, who was the manager of the Reds at the time of the tragedy, said: "Completely and utterly correct, the supporters of Liverpool Football Club have been totally vindicated.

"There'll be a lot of people there who have heard the verdict and they might be shaking in their boots a little bit because, obviously, you would expect there to be some recompense to anybody who's tried to alter or affect the truth coming through here and also in affecting the outcome.

"If that is the case, then surely if there is anyone like that then they're the ones that are going to be called to task."

Dalglish also saluted the spirits of the victims' families, adding: "The way they have gone about getting to this point has been unbelievable - their humility, the way they've conducted themselves, their dignity and the determination to get what they thought was justice and the belief from them that the supporters were in no way, shape or form, to blame.

"You're pleased that they've won this but on the other hand it's taken 27 years out of their life, what they gave for their life and their families' life."

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