LONDON: Aston Villa's Jack Grealish was punched by a Birmingham fan in a shocking incident during Sunday's (Mar 10) Championship clash while hours ...
LONDON: Aston Villa's Jack Grealish was punched by a Birmingham fan in a shocking incident during Sunday's Championship clash while hours later a pitch invader was arrested after appearing to confront Manchester United's Chris Smalling at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium.
After the fan had been shoved over, he was eventually led away by police, defiantly blowing kisses to the crowd.A visibly furious Grealish was helped to his feet and was able to continue playing once order was restored at Birmingham's St Andrew's stadium. He then jumped into the stand to celebrate with the Villa fans behind the goal and was booked as a result."Obviously there's rivalry and stuff in football but I don't think there's any place for that really."West Midlands Police confirmed the Birmingham supporter had been arrested, as the Blues apologised for the incident.
"What happened has no place in football or society. Jack is a Birmingham lad and regardless of club allegiance should not have been subjected to this - there are no excuses."After a Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang penalty made it 2-0 to Arsenal - the eventual result - a lone fan ran onto the field to celebrate with the players and appeared to make contact with United defender Smalling.
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