Sevilla's goalkeeper was involved in a sensational altercation with a fan during their game against PSV Eindhoven on Thursday evening.
The incident happened during the final few minutes of their Europa League clash, which Sevilla won 3-2 on aggregate. The pitch invader - believed to be a PSV fan - appeared to throw a punch at Marko Dmitrovic before the Serbian stopper retaliated.
Dmitrovic, 31, pinned the pitch invader to the ground before several Sevilla players - and a couple of PSV stars - rushed over to help the goalkeeper. Stewards belatedly made their way on to the surface to apprehend the pitch invader and calm the situation.
PSV, who are enduring a tricky season in the Eredivisie, knew they had a mountain to climb at the Philips Stadion after the losing the first leg 3-0 in Spain last week. For a while it seemed as if Sevilla were going to ease to victory, but a tense finale changed that.
Luuk de Jong's 77th-minute strike got PSV back into the tie before Fabio Silva made it 3-2 in added time. Yet the hosts could not find an equaliser and tensions boiled over when a pitch invader stormed at Dmitrovic and the chaotic scenes unfolded.
Sevilla or PSV are yet to comment on the matter, but Dmitrovic has spoken to reporters. "He came and pushed me from behind," claimed the goalkeeper.
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"He was probably angry about the result and a bit crazy already. He tried to hit me and I managed to grab him and wait for him to security will arrive. It's never nice to see this in football, it shouldn't happen and from now on I hope these things are well punished."
A number of Europa League play-off fixtures took place on Thursday evening. Juventus booked their place in the last 16 of the tournament by hammering Nantes 3-0 in France. World Cup winner Angel Di Maria scored a hat-trick for the Italian giants.
Sporting Lisbon have also advanced after thrashing Midtjylland 4-0 in Denmark, while Bayer Leverkusen's European dream is still alive after they defeated Monaco on penalties in France. The latter tie finished 5-5 on aggregate, with Bayer winning the second leg 3-2.
Manchester United have joined Premier League rivals Arsenal in the last 16 by beating Barcelona 2-1 at Old Trafford (4-3) on aggregate. Robert Lewandowski opened the scoring for the visitors, but second-half goals from Fred and Antony completed a comeback.
Union Berlin showed why they are in the Bundesliga title race by beating Ajax 3-1, while Roma came from behind to beat Red Bull Salzburg 2-1 on aggregate. There is still one more Europa League play-off tie to be decided between Rennes and Shakhtar Donetsk.
As well as Arsenal, the other seven teams left in the competition are Ferencvaros, Union Saint-Gilloise, Fenerbahce, Real Sociedad, Real Betis, Feyenoord and Frieburg.
