Drone footage captures powerful outpouring of tributes to Jota at Anfield
The 28-year-old forward had been travelling in a Lamborghini with his brother Andre Silva when the car veered off the road and burst into flames following what police suspect was a tyre blowout while overtaking.
The incident happened just 11 days after Jota, a father of three, married his long-term partner, Rute Cardoso, in Porto, Portugal.
Flowers and Liverpool shirts were laid outside the stadium in tribute.
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