Loud boos were heard during a brief pause in play at a recent Engling Premier League clash between Leeds United and Manchester City. The pause was to allow players observing Ramadaan to break their fast.

The pause, in the 13th minute of the 17:30 GMT kick-off, witnessed a cacophony of jeers and whistles throughout the break which lasted about a minute.

Furthermore, it is understood that a number of fans have emailed the club expressing their anger at the lack of public response from the club.

BBC Sport reported that a response from the club read that the club is aware of the incident and it was “disappointing” that some supporters chose to boo during the pause in play to allow players observing Ramadan to break their fast.

“The club is currently looking into why this happened and what can be done moving forwards to prevent incidents of a similar nature happening again in the future.”

The match – which was lost by Leeds – was full of controversy as the club boss accused City goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma of feigning injury to allow Pep Guardiola to call his players to the touchline and issue fresh instructions in the two minutes play was stopped for.

Leeds manager Daniel Farke suggested that the boos could also have been due to confusion about the stoppage that allowed his opponents to regroup and strategize.

“If it was from some people’s point of view being disrespectful then it is not acceptable and we have to learn out of it. In general, football and we as a dressing room, there is no better place for living together with different passports, different religions than the football club and our group”, said Farke.

“I know there is a big solidarity and everyone supports the same group. My gut feeling is supporters did not even know what was happening.”

A similar pause might take place during the second half of Sunday’s FA Cup tie against Norwich City and Leeds are aiming to provide information on it beforehand.