Liverpool criticised for their Tweet marking Johan Cruyff’s death

Grief and social media are generally not a great combination.

These days people often find ways to be offended and a tragedy or death can often bring out the worst in people.

On Thursday, the Cruyff family announced the passing away of one of the greatest footballers to ever grace the planet: Johan Cruyff.

See: Dutch legend Johan Cruyff passes away at the age of 68.

Pretty much every football club on the planet has already paid tribute to Johan Cruyff.

Amongst those were Liverpool.

But, whilst some hailed Cruyff’s revolutionary thinking or moments of magic on the pitch, Liverpool produced a quote from the Dutchman about Anfield.

Many felt that Liverpool were too inward looking and the backlash on social media has been pretty severe.

As things stand, Liverpool have not removed the Tweet over an hour later so you suspect they do not think they have done anything wrong.

See the Tweets to the main Liverpool account on Twitter below.

Hey @LFC (and fans), how about *not* using Johan Cruyff's death as a marketing tool for how passionate Liverpool's fans are? Cheers. — Si (@PhantomGoal) March 24, 2016

@LFC @antshar How about a tribute 2the man not a quote of the man praising LFC. — Colin Thomson (@1981Thommo) March 24, 2016

@LFC it's not always about you — West Ham Transfers (@westhamtransfer) March 24, 2016

@LFC not sure if a praise to Liverpool fans is the most appropriate message right now! It's about Cruyff, not about us. Remove it. — Liverpool Red (@lfcredynwa) March 24, 2016

@LFC stop making it about us ffs — Töm (@LFC_Tom92) March 24, 2016

@LFC All about Liverpool, this is very poor — Guy Shelton (@GUYSHELTON) March 24, 2016

@LFC The first thing in this tweet… 'quick, how can we reference him to us?' instead of remembering what he was and what he achieved. — TheEvertonForum.com (@TheEFCForum) March 24, 2016

Liverpool's club and fanbase summed up in one picture. pic.twitter.com/aHmVZuMhuR — West Ham Central (@WestHam_Central) March 24, 2016