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lil eva
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Yobs blamed for UEFA rampageA small minority of yobs were to blame for the violence that marred the Uefa Cup final in Manchester, police and council chiefs said.
Hundreds of Rangers fans went on the rampage when a big screen showing the match in the city's Piccadilly Gardens failed to work just before kick-off.
Fifteen officers were injured, as well as a police dog, and 42 arrests were made as hundreds of riot police and supporters fought running battles. One fan of Rangers' Russian opponents, Zenit St Petersburg, was stabbed but his injuries were not life-threatening.
The match commander, Assistant Chief Constable Justine Curran, said the response of her officers was "appropriate". She said: "It was challenging and we were stretched. Our officers did come under a degree of violent attacks. I am happy we responded appropriately. We could not let those minor disturbances affect the day for everybody.
"I am satisfied our reaction was appropriate. I watched the scenes in Piccadilly Gardens from the control room. I saw officers chased down a street by a baying mob of around 200 people. We had to do something."
The screen that failed was one of eight mounted in the city to accommodate more than 100,000 ticketless fans who descended from Glasgow. Council leader Sir Richard Leese said the screen went blank 15 minutes before the 7.45pm kick-off but had been working throughout the day.
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will_lufc
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always going to happen if something like that goes wrong thousands of angry gers fans all pissed up as well 
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Jolufc
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I think they were all scum fans in disguise.
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