Man City face probe after fans invade pitch and battle police during Saints draw

MANCHESTER CITY face an FA rap following ugly scenes on the finish of their draw at Southampton.

Three pitch invaders needed to be hauled to the bottom by Saints stewards whereas followers have been additionally captured grappling with safety and police within the stands.

The St Mary’s membership will examine studies of no less than one object being thrown and a flare was set off within the away finish.

Saints will overview CCTV footage and determine what additional motion wants taking.

At the very least one of many pitch invaders was apprehended by stewards after which apparently handed over to police.

It was an unsavoury ending to a compelling 1-1 draw — and it was not solely followers who have been concerned in post-match confrontations.

Metropolis ahead Jack Grealish and Saints ace Oriol Romeu had what residence boss Ralph Hasenhuttl described as “a dialog” within the tunnel at full-time.

Grealish angrily pushed Romeu within the first half of the sport when the Spaniard advised him to rise up following a nasty foul by Southampton defender Jan Bednarek.

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The Premier League declined to touch upon the group bother.

Preliminary accountability for coping with supporter behaviour lies with golf equipment and native authorities, together with the police.

The FA will cope with any disciplinary points however Metropolis may face a rap for failing to manage their followers.

Metropolis defender Aymeric Laporte posted a Twitter image of his gashed thigh after a sickening studs-up problem from Saints midfielder Stuart Armstrong.

Extremely, Armstrong obtained only a reserving, regardless of a VAR overview.

Laporte mentioned: “We performed rather well and possibly deserved extra, but when we don’t rating a couple of it’s very troublesome.”

Hasenhuttl hailed his facet for stopping Metropolis’s profitable machine — once more.

Saints adopted up their goalless draw on the Etihad in September by halting Metropolis’s run of Prem victories at 12.

Hasenhuttl mentioned: “We bought some extent on the Etihad however to do it once more is much more outstanding.

“Metropolis had per week to organize they usually got here with their finest crew.

“It’s superb to not lose to them, actually preventing for the purpose and deserving it due to the trouble and the fervour we put in.

“For me, Pep is the very best on the earth.

“To come back away unbeaten in opposition to him means quite a bit to my workers and to this crew.”

Saints took an early lead by Kyle Walker-Peters however Laporte equalised within the second half.

Walker-Peters was delighted together with his first Prem objective and the full-back mentioned: “It wasn’t a nasty end was it?

“It’s a nice feeling and even higher being in entrance of the house followers.”

Southampton deserved some extent and Metropolis boss Pep Guardiola mentioned: “That’s why it’s the toughest title to win each season.

“What can I say? Even when we gained, it’s not over.”

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