A furious brawl took place on the London Stadium pitch in the first half of West Ham’s Europa League tie with Bayer Leverkusen. After Michail Antonio opened the scoring to reduce the Hammers’ two-goal deficit from the first leg, a melee involving the majority of players and coaching staff broke out and two red cards were brandished by the referee.
An incident on the sidelines between both benches saw a red card delivered to each, though neither were for Xabi Alonso or David Moyes, before goalscorer Antonio and Leverkusen’s Jonathan Tah clashed and sparked a brawl between players.
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