The Mayor of Liverpool, Joe Anderson, has slammed a decision to allow Liverpool FC to host a home game on the same day as the Grand National.
Football fixture changes that were released yesterday revealed that Liverpool will host Bournemouth at Anfield on April 14, the same day as The Grand National.
Merseyside Police have confirmed that they have enough resources to cover both events.
The Premier League clash has been selected for BT Sports Coverage with the game scheduled to kick off at 5.30pm.
Joe Anderson took to twitter to say “Have just seen that Liverpool v Bournemouth is to be played on Saturday 14 April at 17.30pm the same day as the Grand National?”
He added that he needed to arrange an ‘urgent meeting’ with Merseyside Police and asserted that the force ‘simply will not cope given the normal pressure of a Saturday” before labelling the move as “#madness.”
The last time Liverpool FC played at home on a Grand National day was in 1994 when they kicked off at 11.30am.