Liverpool players celebrate with Sean Cox banner after Roma match

Liverpool players celebrated with a banner supporting Irish man Sean Cox after their 7-6 aggregate win over Roma on Wednesday.

The 53-year-old Meath man was attacked outside the Albert Pub near Anfield before the first leg of Liverpool’s Champions League’s semi-final with Roma last week.

Cox was put into an induced coma following the attack and remains in critical condition.

Liverpool players, management staff and fans all paid their respects to Cox over the last week with the Liverpool players filmed celebrating with a Cox banner following their 4-2 loss to Roma in the return leg at the Stadio Olimpico.

Nice touch from the Jordan Henderson & the Liverpool players as they hold up a flag in support of Sean Cox. #LFC #ROMLIV pic.twitter.com/9izvdBkQun

— eir Sport (@eirSport) May 2, 2018

Liverpool fans also paid tribute to Cox at a live screening of the match at Anfield.

#YNWA #SeanCox pic.twitter.com/91IhQcw4dq

— H.R.Owens (@heatherowens33) May 2, 2018

Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson also wrote a personal letter to Cox during the week and said that he didn’t realise how much the former St. Peter’s Dunboyne GAA club chairman meant to his local community.

YNWA pic.twitter.com/ni4JE1LQmh

— Liverpool FC (@LFC) May 2, 2018

“The situation Sean and his family are facing now makes something like playing football look trivial as you could imagine, but as a group of players we wanted to show our support and we thought having your clubs’ jersey hanging alongside ours in the dressing room was a subtle way of doing that,” Henderson wrote.

“I’ve never had the privilege to meet Sean, but in recent days I’ve been reading in the media about how much he’s loved and respected in the community of Dunboyne and in particular the important role he plays at your club.