Arsenal and Bayern fined for troublesome fans

Nyon: Arsenal and Bayern Munich were on Friday fined by Uefa for their fans’ behaviour during this month’s Champions League last-16 clash at the Emirates Stadium.

Arsenal have been fined EUR5,000 (Dh19,839) for a “field invasion” during the match, while Bayern must pay EUR3,000 for the throwing of objects by their fans.

“The charges against Arsenal FC were related to the field invasions by supporters,” Uefa said in a statement.

“The charges against FC Bayern Munich were related to the throwing of objects.”

Before the last-16 game at the Emirates, in which the English side were thrashed 5-1 to lose 10-2 on aggregate, fans of the German giants held up a banner reading, “Without fans football is not worth a penny,” in protest at the cost of ticket prices.

In the early stages of the game they threw toilet roll onto the pitch causing the game to be briefly delayed.

Towards the end, there was another hold-up when a supporter evaded stewards to run onto the playing area.