A large number of police officers swarmed around a group of balaclava-wearing Rangers fans before Liverpool's match at Ibrox.
Police Scotland officers and several mounted police charged towards a group of Rangers fans before the Reds' Champions League match in Glasgow. The group of Rangers fans, many of them wearing balaclavas or with masks and scarves covering their faces, appeared at the Scottish club's ground at around 7.30pm acting aggressively.
Footage captured by the ECHO showed the aftermath of the incident when mounted police charged towards the fans. The ECHO saw at least one man struggling to escape a number of officers as he was carted into the back of a police van. A large number of police vehicles blocked the road while officers responded to the incident.
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Earlier in the evening the two Liverpool FC team buses arrived to a wall of noise from the Ibrox faithful, who alternated between booing and filming the LFC stars. Paul Gorst, the ECHO 's LFC correspondent, said he expected a "hostile" atmosphere as the players came out to warm up to a chorus of boos.
The atmosphere was generally amicable around the stadium as fans from both clubs left the Ibrox subway station and walked the short distance to the famous ground. A bag pipe player, stood outside the ground, was tasked with playing Diego Jota's chant "He's a lad from Portugal" by a lone LFC fan who sang enthusiastically along.
Representatives from Fans Supporting Foodbanks with their instantly recognisable flag gathered outside the famous Ibrox gates. The group had joined forces with Unite the Union ahead of the match, with Spirit of Shankly bringing a large amount of food donations up on the coach from Liverpool. GlasgowLive reported Celtic and Rangers fans would be donating the food to communities in Glasgow in the coming days.
Thousands of Liverpool fans arrived in the Scottish city via train, coach, car and plane for the Reds' first ever competitive fixture at Ibrox. Eyewitnesses predicted around 10,000 fans had travelled to the city with only 2,600 allocated seats at Ibrox. Fans gathered in the city centre around a number of Irish bars to drink with Celtic supporters clad in white and green flags and scarves.
Fans as young as 11 and as old as 80 socialised, chanted and played football in the street throughout the day. Simon and his 11-year-old son Roman had flown up to Glasgow from Essex earlier in the day. The dad and son told the ECHO they were getting the sleeper train home in time for Roman to attend school tomorrow.
Simon, whose mum is from the Scotland Road area of Liverpool, said: "Roman's followed Liverpool around the world for years. He's learnt so much from experiencing it. We come up to Anfield every week and see all the same faces. Roman loves it."
Liverpool came back from a goal down to win the match 7-1 and are now second in Group A, behind Napoli.
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