Liverpool coowner could be in for a struggle to maintain his 50 per cent holding in the club.

GEORGE GILLETT attended his first Anfield match since September last night.

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George Gillett Jr. has experienced the hostility of fans from Montreal to Liverpool but it never gets any easier.

The 70-year-old sports tycoon acknowledges the magnitude of his duty to supporters of the ice hockey, motorsport and football teams that rely on his investment.

“You feel a responsibility and an embarrassment on occasions when you haven’t provided all that you might have,” Gillett told The Associated Press. “There’s a level of embarrassment and you want to correct that quickly.