NEVER FORGET: The squad of Liverpool wearing 96 on the back of their tracksuit jackets at he Premier League match between against Sunderland. Pix: MirrorLONDON: Manchester United and Liverpool may issue a joint plea for their fans to stop trading sick taunts, reported Daily Mirror.

United face Liverpool at Anfield on Sunday in the first match at Anfield since the shocking findings of the independent report into the Hillsborough disaster.

United manager Alex Ferguson said he hoped the report - which exonerated Liverpool fans of any blame in the tragedy which claimed the lives of 96 of their fans - would mark an end to the vile chants between the two sets of fans.

But a section of United fans ignored Ferguson’s appeal and taunted Liverpool fans with chants of “always the victims never your fault” during Saturday’s 4-0 win over Wigan at Old Trafford.

Officials from United and Liverpool will talk this week to try to ensure both sets of fans do not allow Sunday’s Premier League clash to be marred by unpalatable chants from the stands.

That could include a joint initiative on behalf of both clubs, pleading with those at Anfield on Sunday to respect the tragedies that have blighted English football’s biggest rivals.

While some United fans still mock the 1989 Hillsborough disaster, sections of Liverpool’s support taunt their fiercest rivals about the 1958 Munich air disaster, which claimed the lives of 23 players, staff and journalists.

United are taking 2,774 supporters to Anfield and the club are desperate for those who travel not to taint their name by making reference to Hillsborough at such a sensitive time on Merseyside.

After the audible taunts at Old Trafford mocking Hillsborough on Saturday, United issued a statement condemning those responsible and calling for fans to heed Ferguson’s call.

Liverpool Managing Director Ian Ayre has attempted to head off more ill-feeling on the pitch by ordering Anfield striker Luis Suarez to shake the hand of United defender Patrice Evra before kick-off.

Suarez served a lengthy ban last season for racially abusing the Frenchman, and then refused to shake his hand when the two clubs met again at Old ­Trafford.

- mD