Sevilla keeper fights pitch invader and pins him to the ground for the police
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Sevilla's goalkeeper was involved in a sensational altercation with a fan during their game against PSV Eindhoven on Thursday evening.
The incident happened during the final few minutes of their Europa League clash, which Sevilla won 3-2 on aggregate. The pitch invader - believed to be a PSV fan - appeared to throw a punch at Marko Dmitrovic before the Serbian stopper retaliated.
Dmitrovic, 31, pinned the pitch invader to the ground before several Sevilla players - and a couple of PSV stars - rushed over to help the goalkeeper. Stewards belatedly made their way on to the surface to apprehend the pitch invader and calm the situation.
PSV, who are enduring a tricky season in the Eredivisie, knew they had a mountain to climb at the Philips Stadion after the losing the first leg 3-0 in Spain last week. For a while it seemed as if Sevilla were going to ease to victory, but a tense finale changed that.
Luuk de Jong's 77th-minute strike got PSV back into the tie before Fabio Silva made it 3-2 in added time. Yet the hosts could not find an equaliser and tensions boiled over when a pitch invader stormed at Dmitrovic and the chaotic scenes unfolded.
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Sevilla or PSV are yet to comment on the matter, but Dmitrovic has spoken to reporters. "He came and pushed me from behind," claimed the goalkeeper.
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"He was probably angry about the result and a bit crazy already. He tried to hit me and I managed to grab him and wait for him to security will arrive. It's never nice to see this in football, it shouldn't happen and from now on I hope these things are well punished."
A number of Europa League play-off fixtures took place on Thursday evening. Juventus booked their place in the last 16 of the tournament by hammering Nantes 3-0 in France. World Cup winner Angel Di Maria scored a hat-trick for the Italian giants.
Sporting Lisbon have also advanced after thrashing Midtjylland 4-0 in Denmark, while Bayer Leverkusen's European dream is still alive after they defeated Monaco on penalties in France. The latter tie finished 5-5 on aggregate, with Bayer winning the second leg 3-2.
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Manchester United have joined Premier League rivals Arsenal in the last 16 by beating Barcelona 2-1 at Old Trafford (4-3) on aggregate. Robert Lewandowski opened the scoring for the visitors, but second-half goals from Fred and Antony completed a comeback.
Union Berlin showed why they are in the Bundesliga title race by beating Ajax 3-1, while Roma came from behind to beat Red Bull Salzburg 2-1 on aggregate. There is still one more Europa League play-off tie to be decided between Rennes and Shakhtar Donetsk.
As well as Arsenal, the other seven teams left in the competition are Ferencvaros, Union Saint-Gilloise, Fenerbahce, Real Sociedad, Real Betis, Feyenoord and Frieburg.
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