Spurs marked their return to Europe’s top club competition with a 2-0 win against the French side. Getty Job done for Spurs as they get off to a winning start in Europe Getty But there were some ugly scenes in the stands However, the match was marred by scenes in the stands with bottles and missiles being thrown between the two sets of fans, with stewards and police having to intervene. Commenting on talkSPORT during the final moments of the game, Sam Matterface said: “Look at the Marseille fans on the sidelines, they’re trying to get to the Tottenham fans. “They’re throwing things at the Tottenham fans and they’re heading for the net. “Unacceptable scenes. There is a hoard of marshals and riot police involved now as bottles are thrown from both sides of the divide. “This is an absolutely disgraceful way to end the match… the police are trying to form a line between the two sets of fans to stop missiles being thrown between the two sets of fans. “There has been an uproar and Marseille fans are being driven further afield.
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The stewards were forced to intervene
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Marseille fans were seen tearing up the Pride flag in one corner of Tottenham’s stadium.
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A Marseille fan even made it onto the pitch
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Scenes are likely to lead to repercussions
“I don’t know what started it because we didn’t know, but it escalated very quickly.” After the match, Adrian Durham added: “There’s still stuff, it looked like bottles were being thrown mainly from Marseille fans to Spurs fans. “Occasionally, the Spurs fans will prevent something with anger, but there is no doubt from what we saw towards the end of the game that the Marseille fans were the aggressors. “They were the ones who went up to the fence and confronted the Spurs fans and then threw various missiles at them. Getty It was suggested by Durham that the Marseille fans were the aggressors “Towards the end of the game it was very, very bad and I’m sure there will be repercussions. “The Spurs fans mostly had their hands out, not saying ‘come on, let’s go’, but ‘what the hell is going on?’” The situation then appeared to calm down, however, minutes later further problems were detected in the stand. Matterface added: “There are other issues, a flare has landed or been thrown into the Spurs side from our left, there’s smoke billowing seats and flight attendants are rushing people away from some sort of incendiary device. . They have dealt with it now. “This is a truly devastating night for a return to Champions League football at Tottenham Stadium.
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