Liverpool paid an emotional tribute to Diogo Jota prior to the Community Shield, but the referee was forced to cut short a pre-kick off silence.

The message ‘Forever 20′ was embroidered onto the players’ shirts and pre-match jackets for the meeting with Crystal Palace.

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Liverpool paid tribute to Jota prior to the Community Shield against Palace[/caption]
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The minute silence before kick-off was cut short[/caption]

A banner was also unfurled outside Wembley Stadium displaying Jota’s Liverpool shirt.

It is the Reds’ latest match since the Portuguese’s tragic death aged 28.

Jota passed away alongside his brother Andre Silva in a car accident in Spain on July 3.

Tributes have continued to be paid to the brothers by both Liverpool and the wider football community.

The club retired Jota’s shirt number as a mark of respect for their beloved forward.

Meanwhile, supporters reduced several players to tears as they chanted his name after their friendly against Preston last month.

Further tributes were paid against Athletic Bilbao on Monday in their first match at Anfield since Jota’s death.

He was honoured with the laying of wreaths prior to kick-off along with a powerful rendition of his song by the crowd.

Wreaths were laid on the pitch once again before Sunday’s match as fans sang ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’.

Liverpool legend Ian Rush and Palace chairman Steve Parish placed the tributes in front of the Reds fans before the players walked out.

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Supporters also paid their own tributes with a rendition of ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’[/caption]

A minute’s silence was also held ahead of kick-off, although it was interrupted by a small minority of Palace fans.

The disruption was met with boos from the Liverpool fans, before referee Chris Kavanagh cut the minute’s silence short.

Reacting to the incident, talkSPORT’s Adrian Durham said: “Well, it had to be turned into applause in the end, and understandably so. Maybe not everybody was on message at Wembley.”

Meanwhile, Reds boss Arne Slot played down the interruption of the minute’s silence.

“I don’t think this was planned, or that this was the idea of the fan that made some noise. Maybe he wasn’t aware of the fact that it was the minute of silence,” Slot said.

“He was just still happy and tried to cheer for his team. And I think then the fans of Palace were trying to calm that person or those persons down, so I don’t think he had a bad intention, the guy or people that made noise.

“They tried to calm him down, but that was a bit noisy as well. And then our fans reacted, ‘Hey, what’s happening here?’.

“So I don’t think there’s a bad intention to it, because the fans of Crystal Palace and everywhere around the world have paid huge respect to Diogo and Andre and this was, I think, unlucky or, I can’t find the right words, but I don’t think there was a bad intention in it.

“We will see Friday, when Bournemouth come to our stadium, how respectful that is going to happen.

“It’s also five weeks ago, so that’s why maybe this fan who was just so happy for them to be in the Community Shield that he forgot in a second.”

Reds supporters also paid tribute with an applause during the 20th minute of the match, the same as Jota’s shirt number.

New signing Jeremie Frimpong scored during the applause to restore Liverpool’s lead, however, Liverpool were pegged by Ismaila Sarr’s equaliser with Palace going on to win on penalties.

Hugo Ekitike had earlier opened the scoring just four minutes in before Jean-Philippe Mateta equalised from the penalty spot.

Liverpool’s Premier League campaign gets underway on Friday night at home to Bournemouth, live and exclusively on talkSPORT.