Followers invaded Previous Trafford and ran onto the pitch Sunday as a part of an illustration in opposition to United’s house owners, the US-based Glazer household. Larger Manchester Police saying considered one of their officers required emergency hospital remedy.
Anger in direction of the Glazers has been reignited by United’s half in a failed European Tremendous League (ESL) undertaking, which collapsed inside 48 hours final month after a backlash from followers, gamers, governments and governing our bodies.
Johnson, talking Monday throughout a marketing campaign go to to the north-east city of Hartlepool, the place there’s a parliamentary by-election on Could 6, mentioned: “I do not suppose it is a good suggestion to have disruptive behaviour, demonstrations of that sort.
“However then again, I do perceive individuals’s power of feeling.
“And I believe that it is a good factor that we have now been in a position to do issues that make it fairly clear that the European Tremendous League shouldn’t be going to be appreciated by the individuals of this nation, or by this authorities.”
A whole bunch of followers managed to make their manner into the bottom, chanting “we wish Glazers out”.
Massive numbers of supporters had additionally gathered exterior the stadium and there have been clashes with police as they moved to disperse the gang, with objects thrown at officers and horses.
Two officers had been injured, with one “attacked with a bottle and sustaining a major slash wound to his face, requiring emergency hospital remedy”, in accordance with a Larger Manchester Police assertion.
Assistant chief constable Russ Jackson criticised the “reckless and harmful” behaviour of supporters concerned in acts of violence.
A United assertion mentioned: “Our followers are obsessed with Manchester United, and we fully acknowledge the best to free expression and peaceable protest.
“Nonetheless, we remorse the disruption to the workforce and actions which put different followers, employees, and the police at risk.
“We thank the police for his or her assist and can help them in any subsequent investigations.”
The Premier League mentioned whereas it understood the followers’ “power of feeling”, it condemned “all acts of violence, legal injury and trespass, particularly given the related Covid-19 breaches”.
Manchester Metropolis may have been topped Premier League champions on Sunday had United misplaced the match.
The Premier League mentioned a brand new date for the match could be introduced “in the end”.
United and Liverpool had been reportedly two of the main drivers behind the Tremendous League undertaking. It sought to ensure prime degree European soccer for 15 founder members each season with out the necessity to qualify on the pitch.
In a uncommon public assertion, United co-chairman Joel Glazer apologised to followers final month for signing as much as the ESL.
“You made very clear your opposition to the European Tremendous League, and we have now listened. We acquired it flawed, and we need to present that we will put issues proper,” he mentioned.