Leicester working with UEFA to investigate fan trouble in Madrid
Thursday 13 April 2017 12:49, UK
Leicester are working with UEFA and local authorities to establish the "full facts" of disturbances involving their fans in Madrid.
Travelling supporters were involved in clashes with police on Tuesday evening and Wednesday afternoon before the Foxes' 1-0 Champions League quarter-final first leg defeat to Atletico Madrid at the Vicente Calderon stadium.
Ten Leicester fans were arrested for public disorder before the game. An initial group of eight travelling supporters were detained in one of central Madrid's tourist hotspots, Plaza Mayor, on Tuesday night after clashes left three police officers and two fans injured.
On Wednesday, a police spokesman confirmed two more supporters were detained after Foxes fans started "throwing bottles and breaking furniture" in the same square.
A Leicester spokesman said: "We are working with UEFA and the local authorities to establish the full facts of what took place and the reasons for the police response.
"We will also be liaising with travelling supporters before deciding on any course of action."
Emergency services said they had had to attend to five people on Tuesday evening and another 13 on Wednesday - eight police officers and five supporters - but none of them were seriously hurt.
"We didn't need to take any of them to hospital," a spokesman said.
