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West Ham and Chelsea fans clash at London Stadium

Riot police were forced to step in as Chelsea and West Ham supporters clashed at the London Stadium tonight - with bottles, seats and coins used as missiles.

Tensions boiled over at the end of the EFL Cup tie at the London Stadium, as supporters attempted to burst through the segregation line and stewards forlornly sought to keep them apart.

As missiles flew from one set of fans to another, pictures emerged of bottles and seats being thrown by West Ham and Chelsea fans, injuring a number of people.

A seat is ripped off and thrown across the divide between West Ham and Chelsea supporters
A seat is ripped off and thrown across the divide between West Ham and Chelsea supporters
West Ham supporters goad their Chelsea counterparts in the latter stages of the EFL Cup clash
West Ham supporters goad their Chelsea counterparts in the latter stages of the EFL Cup clash
Crowd trouble erupted between rival supporters as missiles were thrown and seats torn up
Crowd trouble erupted between rival supporters as missiles were thrown and seats torn up
Stewards were forced into drastic action as tensions boiled over towards the end of the game
Stewards were forced into drastic action as tensions boiled over towards the end of the game

A working police officer explained to Sportsmail: ‘A large group of Chelsea fans came all together and they had to be held back at the bottom of the stairs as West Ham supporters were entering just a couple of hundred yards along the way, so they also had to be restrained.