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Liverpool vs Sevilla: Riot police called in after fights broke out between rival fans

Liverpool fans had to endure a tough night on Wednesday on their trip to Basel. Not only were they left heartbroken with a Europa League final defeat to Sevilla, but got themselves involved in a skirmish with the rival fans ahead of the match at St Jakob-Park stadium.

Sevilla had managed to sell only 7,000 of their 9,000 allocated tickets while Liverpool fans appeared to have occupied to be almost three-quarters of the 35,000-capacity ground.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp got carried away when he urged 100,000 Reds fans to turn up in Basel and even encouraged supporters to move in without tickets, although he later apologised for his comments saying those were not to be taken in literal sense.