Manchester City fans were reportedly attacked in Seville on Monday night before the club’s Champions League match against Sevilla.
According to reports, the City supporters were attacked in the streets as well as in an Irish pub. No arrests were made although two fans did report some minor injuries. One witness described the events as “horrible” and recounted seeing chairs being thrown and one person suffering a wound to the head. “It was horrible. Some people came into the bar and they were wearing masks,” he told the Manchester Evening News.
“They began shouting ‘hooligans, hooligans’. They were fighting and throwing chairs everywhere. It all happened so quickly. It was over in 10 minutes. The fighting was really scary. Some people ran out of the bar which was packed as they wanted to get away. I think someone was injured. There was somebody with blood on their head. The police came and ambulances came too.”
The clashes follow similar incidents in Manchester city centre before Manuel Pellegrini’s side beat Sevilla 2-1 when four people were arrested after a disturbance involving supporters.
Footage and photographs of that event showed fights between fans as well as chairs and other objects being thrown. A tweet from Greater Manchester police revealed three of the people arrested were Polish.
