Aiden McGeady was caught up in an amazing after-match free for all following Spartak Moscow’s 1-0 win over Zenit St Petersburg last night.
An 88th minute penalty from Dimitri Kombarov earned Spartak all three points but did little damage to Zenit’s title prospects.
Spartak remain in fourth place with just an outside chance of winning a place in next season’s Champions League while Zenit are six points clear of Rubin Kazan with a game in hand and just six matches left to play.
Clearly there was plenty of needle to the match with the aggro kicking off at the final whistle as Valery Karpin the Spartak boss clashed with Igor Densiov before they were dragged apart.
The off-field action starts at 2 min 30 seconds
That incident led to both sets of players and coaching staff getting involved in scuffles which spilled over into the stands.
Moscow police arrested 136 supporters at the match with the 4,000 strong Zenit support tearing out seats to throw at the police.
Both clubs are likely to be hammered for the trouble which comes as Russia attempts to beat England to hosting the 2018 World Cup bid.
In a joint statement issued today with Zenitby Spartak said: “In the immediate vicinity of the bench of spare extremely unpleasant incident occurred – a fight involving representatives of both clubs.
“FC Spartak (Moscow) Zenit (St. Petersburg) bring their sincere apologies to the fans who were at the stadium and TV screens.
“We are very saddened by this episode, which spoiled the overall impression of the uncompromising and meaningful games. Clubs consider such aggression unacceptable and will take appropriate disciplinary action against the parties to the conflict.
“Football – our common heritage. This is a holiday for millions of people.And the two most popular clubs in Russia continue to undertake not to overshadow his misconduct, showing maximum respect for each other on the field and beyond.
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Looks as if they ran out of Handbags Joe……
that’s never a fight…..