A 53-year-old man is in critical condition after fans clashed outside a Liverpool pub shortly before the Champions League game between Roma and Liverpool on Tuesday evening at Anfield. Pre-match trouble outside Anfield started when group of Roma fans arrived via Venmore St, burst on to Walton Breck Rd & attacked, many using belts. “There is no place for this type of vile behavior in football and the club is now cooperating with Liverpool Football Club, UEFA [the Union of European Football Associations] and the authorities. In that incident, UEFA determined that Liverpool fans threw bottles and flares at the bus. Roma fans have clashed with English fans in the past; several Tottenham supporters were injured in Rome in 2012.

Source: Washington Post April 25, 2018 14:59 UTC