A shoeless man was pinned to the floor by police before being arrested outside a city centre McDonald's.
Emergency services were called to Church Street, at the junction of Hanover Street, shortly before 9pm on Monday after reports of an incident.
Pictures of the incident show around seven police officers detaining a man who is lying face down on the ground.
His bare foot can be seen sticking out of the pile with his shoe sitting nearby.
An ambulance was also called to the scene but the nature of the incident is not yet know and it is not clear if anyone was injured.
Speaking to the ECHO, a spokesperson for Merseyside Police confirmed that a man had been arrested at the scene on suspicion of a public order offence.
A witness also reported that the man had been seen with a metal bar before police managed to arrest him but this has not been confirmed.
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