Shocking moment Man Utd and City fans brawl in the street before FA Cup final

THIS is the shocking moment Manchester and United Manchester City fans brawled in the street before the FA Cup final today.

Only hours before the footballing rivals faced off in an FA Cup Final for the second year in a row their supporters have shamed themselves in a violent fracas.

Footage taken in northwest London has emerged showing two dozen thugs brawling in the middle of busy street.

Police will be on high alert for violence surrounding the final at Wembley today, with Leeds then playing Southampton tomorrow at the same venue.

Traffic on the street stops as the men launch fists and grapple with each other.

The footage starts with two men grappling on the ground in front of a bus stop as others join in on the fighting.

Many more stand on the footpath on either side of the road and watch as their buddies try knock each other out with haymakers.

One man, who is shirtless, appears to be knocked out cold during the brawl with another man then stabilising his head.

As he lies in the street not moving, others continue to fight around them with punches are thrown back and forth.

Footage shows the men fighting for about a minute as two red London double-decker buses wait for the chaos to clear.

Shoes, phones, and bags become strewn across the road as the mass of bodies moves around the street.

At one point a woman walks into the fight to try and pull one man off the ground.

That man gets back up with her help and then continues fighting while she walks off.

At one point the brawl spills over to the footpath other side of the road outside a McDonald's, with delivery drivers on scooters watching on.

United face an uphill task this afternoon against the Premier League champions.

But it is unlikely that veteran boss Pep Guardiola will be knocked out of stride by a social media line-up.

And Ten Hag is expected to lose his job even if he wins this afternoon.

The Met Police have been approached for comment.