A tribute to former Liverpool forward Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva was disrupted on Sunday when some fans at the Community Shield match failed to observe a moment’s silence.

Before the game between Liverpool and Crystal Palace at Wembley Stadium both teams and their staff stood silently to commemorate the brothers, who died in a car accident in Spain in July.

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A minority of Palace fans broke the silence, eliciting a strong response at the other end of the field as well as from other Eagles supporters who tried to silence those not respecting the tribute.

Referee Chris Kavanagh was then forced to blow his whistle to signal the end of the tribute, well short of the planned minute.

Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk was shocked by the reaction.

“Yes, I am disappointed,” he said after the match.

“That is the only thing I can say. I don’t know who did that but there was plenty trying to shush it down, but obviously that doesn’t help it.

“You can’t control it (with) how many fans were here today. Was it 80,000 people? So, yeah, it is disappointing to hear that, but if that person or those persons can go home and be happy with themselves, then…”

Liverpool manager Arne Slot later played down the incident after the match.

“I don’t think this was planned, or that this was the idea of the fan that made some noise,” he said.

“Maybe he wasn’t aware of the fact that it was the minute of silence.

“And I think then the fans of Palace were trying to calm that person or those persons down ... They tried to calm him down, but that was a bit noisy as well. And then our fans reacted, ‘Hey, what’s happening here?’”

Crystal Palace won the match on penalties after an entertaining 2-2 draw. The Community Shield is seen as the traditional curtain-raiser for the top-flight season in England and is played between the defending league champion and the winner of the FA Cup.

It was Liverpool’s first major game since the death of Jota, who was 28.

The brothers died when the Lamborghini they were in veered off a road and burst into flames near the northwestern city of Zamora.

The Premier League champion has made a number of tributes to Jota following his death, including retiring his No. 20 jersey.

Liverpool supporters began to applaud Jota when Sunday’s game reached the 20-minute mark and that applause quickly erupted into cheers as new signing Jeremie Frimpong scored to put the Merseyside club 2-1 ahead.

New recruit Hugo Ekitike had put Liverpool ahead inside four minutes after he and record signing Florian Wirtz combined beautifully before the Frenchman produced a superb finish.

But Palace deservedly levelled in the 17th minute, Jean-Philippe Mateta sending Alisson the wrong way from the penalty spot after Virgil van Dijk brought down Ismaila Sarr.

Frimpong then put Liverpool ahead again minutes later.

The Eagles posed a threat on the counter and kept themselves in the game, although Ekitike spurned two decent chances to extend Liverpool’s lead in the early stages of the second half.

Palace’s England forward Eberechi Eze then tested Alisson with a low shot before the Londoners equalised again with 13 minutes to play, Sarr slotting past the onrushing Alisson.

Palace nearly grabbed a winner at the end, with Mac Allister perhaps fortunate to have a VAR referral for handball in the box go his way before Justin Devenny nearly scored in added time.

Devenny scored the winning spot kick to give Palace the spoils after Mohamed Salah ballooned the Reds’ first penalty and Dean Henderson then saved efforts from Alexis Mac Allister and Harvey Elliott.

“I love it, I love the big moments, I love being in that pressure moment,” said Henderson, who also saved an Omar Marmoush penalty as Palace won the FA Cup, their first major trophy, against Manchester City in May.

Palace’s celebrations last season soon turned into a court battle for the club after they were demoted from the second-tier Europa League to the third-tier UEFA Conference League.

European soccer’s governing body found Palace in breach of multi-club ownership regulations because of their ties to French club Lyon through American businessman John Textor.

Palace lodged an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport with a verdict expected soon

- with AP