Melbourne derby stopped as fan protest turns violent

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Breaking | Melbourne City goalkeeper Tom Glover has been injured during a violent pitch invasion at tonight's A-League derby at AAMI Park. Play's been halted

A group of Melbourne Victory fans ran onto the ground and appeared to assault Melbourne City goalkeeper Tom Glover as a protest against the A-League’s management spilled over into violence on Saturday night.

That saw a group of fans run through security and onto the pitch, some of them began to protest, but others went straight for Glover, pushing and attempting to hit him before one fan appeared to throw a metal bucket, which cut his head.Security and players from both sides managed to get between Glover and the fans before steering him off the ground and down the tunnel.

At the Victory end, their fans held a small banner which read “Look at your elf” along with a picture of a cartoon pig with a shirt that had APL on it.Darrian Traynor, Getty Images

 

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