Football fan restricted for Mohamed Salah abuse and disaster taunts
Joel Barwise shouted when Salah's name was announced at Anfield on 21 October before the Merseyside derby.
Everton fan Barwise also made pushing gestures to taunt fans about Heysel, in which 39 fans died in a crush before the 1985 European Cup final.
He was handed a three-year banning order at Sefton Magistrates' Court.
The 26-year-old pleaded guilty to racially or religiously aggravated harassment causing alarm or distress by words or writing.
Barwise, of Bentham Drive in Childwall, Liverpool, was also fined £500.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said he was spotted by a match steward shouting racist abuse and making the other gestures.
Merseyside Police identified him from CCTV and he was later arrested.
The CPS said he initially claimed it was a case of mistaken identity before later admitting he was responsible.
Asked why he had done it, Barwise said: "Because I'm an idiot."
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