Moment shocking brawl breaks out at Old Trafford

CHAOS broke out in the Old Trafford stands during Manchester United's 2-1 win over Rangers in the Europa League last night.

The madness came after large groups of Rangers fans appeared to have managed to buy tickets to the game inside the home end at the Theatre of Dreams.

Officially, Rangers had brought a travelling support of 3,000 to Manchester, however video footage from the game appears to show that there were many more fans dotted around the stands.

Clips filmed inside the home end show brawls breaking out as Man Utd supporters appeared to confront alleged Rangers fans inside the home end.

The videos show fans throwing punches and pushing other supporters out of their seats and towards the concourse.

Stewards can also be seen trying to diffuse the situation and prevent mass fighting from breaking out.

Fans online claimed that they saw "glass bottles" being thrown between the supporters after Rangers fans had been identified in the home end.

Others also claimed to have seen young children in tears.

The Manchester Evening News have detailed a statement from Man Utd regarding the huge number of Rangers fans found amongst the home fans.

It read: "In anticipation of the risks around tonight’s game, we took the strictest possible measures to prevent sales to away fans in home areas

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"Tickets were only allocated to people who existed on our database prior to the draw taking place in August. Hospitality tickets had the same restrictions applied.

"Tickets forwarded by season ticket-holders and members also had the same restrictions applied (i.e. they could only be forwarded to fans on our database prior to the draw).

"Whilst the unauthorised touting of tickets has become more difficult since our introduction of in-app digital ticketing, it cannot be completely eliminated.

"All examples of away fans in home areas will be investigated over the coming days, with the strongest possible sanctions taken against the registered holders."

Another video circulating on social media showed a huge group of Rangers fans grouped together in the home end right next to the away fans, divided by a line of stewards.

The clip shows what looks to be in excess of 100 fans in the home end openly celebrating Rangers' equaliser in the 88th minute, sparking more reaction from the home fans.

There had been trouble prior to the game too as a large number of the Scottish side's support had made the journey down to Manchester without tickets.

Police had to get involved as fans clashed in the streets ahead of kick off.

Man Utd fans were incensed by the ticket issues and took to social media to vent their frustrations.

One wrote: "Manchester United football club, you are an utter disgrace selling all those tickets to the Rangers fans.

"Little children crying coming out, that’s your future because us old school Reds don’t last forever.

"Enjoy the money you made tonight, could have caused mayhem at full time."

While another added: "How are they getting a massive group of tickets together like that is the question? That’s embarrassing".

United had similar issues during their home clash against Galatasaray last season.

The Red Devils travel to the capital this weekend as they face Fulham in the hopes of returning to winning ways in the Premier League after their 3-1 defeat to Brighton last week.