A six-year-old LFC fan was “in tears” after his dream of watching his favourite team play at Anfield was ruined.

Gabriel Gaete, from Chile, was visiting the Wirral for a family funeral

Gabriel told his family: “I don’t want to go to England. I want to go to Anfield!”

A six-year-old LFC fan was “in tears” after his dream of watching his favourite team play at Anfield was ruined.

 

Gabriel Gaete’s family bought him tickets as a surprise after he had always told his nan he wanted to visit Anfield. Gabriel is from Chile but was visiting family in Bebington for a funeral when his Dad decided to take him to his first ever Liverpool game.

 

The tickets were bought through a third-party site for the Liverpool vs Toulouse Europa League clash on October 26, with Gabriel “ecstatic” at the prospect of seeing his heroes play at Anfield. But when he, his dad Bernardo, and his uncle arrived at the stadium, they were told that their tickets were not genuine.

 

Speaking to the ECHO, nan Margaret said: “Gabriel’s a really good boy, he’s always wanted to watch Liverpool play and being in England we had an opportunity for him to do so.

 

“When it was explained to him why he couldn’t watch the game, he was upset and did cry, but he understood and accepted it. He came home and watched it.”

Altogether, the three tickets cost more than £400. Margaret took to a Facebook community page to ask for anyone selling tickets for Sunday’s game against Nottingham Forest. Some users replied, saying they would look, but told her not to get her hopes up as tickets for Liverpool FC have become even harder to acquire over the past few years.

 

Just earlier this year, a dad was left £1,100 out of pocket, with two crying children after he bought tickets through a third-party provider. After submitting a complaint on their Facebook page, his post was quickly deleted by the site.

The league and its broadcasters’ lack of consideration had already been underlined by the failure to meet their own October 21 deadline for the announcement of games up to December 13.

 

And it was no surprise, either, that they had reneged on a promise made just days ago to confirm kickoff times “early this week.”

 

In the end, the Reds were mercifully spared from the Christmas Eve fixture that has been the source of much of the controversy relating to this tranche of games.

 

But supporters were still left with reason to fume: namely, the sporting consequences of the short turnaround between trips to Sheffield United and Crystal Palace on December 6 and 9 respectively.

 

This concern certainly holds legitimacy given that BT Sports (now TNT) agreed not to subject teams competing in the Champions League to the Saturday 12.30pm kickoffs after they had played on Wednesday evening.

 

Yet that relatively new rule does not apply to domestic fixtures, and so Liverpool find themselves contending with a compromised recovery between two tough away games.

 

In truth, though, Jurgen Klopp‘s side have otherwise fared well in terms of how things have fallen for them over what should be the most congested part of the festive period.

 

They will enjoy a 72-hour rest between hosting Arsenal then heading to Burnley, and a further 146 (and a half!) hours to then hosting Newcastle.