FA to Investigate Everton Defender After Homophobic Tweets Surface Following Derby Scrap

Liverpool v Everton- The Emirates FA Cup Third Round

Liverpool v Everton- The Emirates FA Cup Third Round

But it was another clash in the opening 45 minutes that got everyone talking.

TV images appeared to show Firmino calling Holgate a "filha du puto" - Portuguese for "son of a b****".

Any charges brought on Holgate here will have no bearing on the Firmino incident, a decision on which is expected in the coming days.

But Sportsmail understands that Madley stated in his report that he was unaware that Liverpool's Brazilian forward had used racist language, which could be significant as he was positioned between the two players at the time.

However, the FA have since opened another investigation with Holgate at the centre of attention.

The FA is continuing to investigate an allegation from Holgate that he was racially abused by Liverpool forward Roberto Firmino during Liverpool's 2-1 Merseyside derby win in the FA Cup third round on Friday.

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The tweets contained words such as "f*g", "f****t", and "b******y" and were posted in 2012 and 2013.

Amidst the controversy, Holgate has also deleted his whole Twitter account.

The Everton youngster was the talk of the FA Cup tie against Liverpool following the role he played in conceding the penalty, not to mention being involved in a bitter spat with Roberto Firmino.

The Everton defender was 15 and 16 at the time of the various tweets, something which will likely be used in his defence. "The England Under-21 player had been at Barnsley's academy for eight years by that point, however, and would have received education regarding use of social media and diversity issues".

In 2016, then-Burnley striker Andre Gray was handed a four-match ban over historic tweets that called for gay people to "burn" and "die".

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