Anfield faithful give standing ovation after announcement to request top honour for Scotsman from the Queen as Merseyside remembers the 96 that lost their lives 22 years ago

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Families of the victims that tradgically lost their lives at Hillsborough 22 years ago this week have made a request that current Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish be knighted.The Scotsman was in charge of the team on the fateful day in April 1989 when the Merseyside outfit played Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup, but the day ended with 96 football fans losing their lives and the inquest still rages on for justice for those individuals.Following the tragedy, Dalglish and his wife made the point of attending as many of the 96 funeral services as possible.Reflecting the weeks which followed the Hillsborough disaster in his autobiography, Dalglish said: "I don't know how many funerals I went to. Marina [his wife] and I attended four in one day."And Friday marked the 22nd anniversary of the disaster, as Anfield played homage to the lost, as people came to pay their respects.Steve Rotheram MP, a former Lord Mayor of Liverpool, announced that the families had asked him to put down an Early Morning Motion requesting that the Queen grant Dalglish a knighthood.Mr Rotherham told the fans it was "so that on all our behalf the King of the Kop can become Sir Kenny".The news was met with cheers around Anfield, along with a standing ovation and cheers of "Kenny" fom the Liverpool faithful.More than 12,000 people attended the memorial, with recognisable faces such as the Liverpool team and former manager Rafael Benitez who was also given a mass of cheers from a packed-out Kop.