Terrified ref Anthony Taylor abused by furious Roma fans in airport and has CHAIR aimed at him before police steam in
FUMING Roma fans hounded and tried to get at ref Anthony Taylor and his family at Budapest International Airport, forcing the police to rush them into a private room.
And things almost took a horror turn when a CHAIR narrowly avoided hitting him and his family.
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#Taylor assediato dai tifosi all’aeroporto di Budapest.
L’arbitro scortato dalla polizia è stato costretto a entrare in una stanza di servizio.
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The Brit took charge of the Europa League final between the Italian side and Sevilla.
The Spanish side won the trophy after a tense 1-1 draw was followed by a 4-1 penalty shootout.
However, Taylor did not win over many fans as he gave Gonzalo Montiel another chance to take his winning penalty after Rui Patricio’s encroachment.
The official also denied Roma two penalty kicks in the game, he also waved away protests for two penalties for the Italians.
Mourinho was fuming with the decision and lashed out at the official after the game, branding him a “f***ing disgrace” while in the stadium car park.
Taylor was then mobbed by the club’s fans as he entered the airport ahead of leaving Hungary.
Supporters can be heard chanting at him as he walks through the crowd with a police escort as they desperately try to bundle him and his family into a private room.
Italian media have labelled the incident as “chaos Taylor” as angry fans surrounded him.
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At one moment, a water bottle was thrown towards Taylor, narrowly missing a woman who was close to tears, causing him to look around nervously.
After he was taken into the safety of a different room, one fan even lobbed a chair towards the police standing guard.
Taylor dished out 13 yellow cards to players and handed one to Mourinho, who also clarified his feelings in his post-match interview.
PGMOL released a statement in light of the footage as the organisation admitted to being “appalled at the unjustified and abhorrent abuse” aimed at Taylor.
It read: “PGMOL is aware of videos circulating on social media showing Anthony Taylor and his family being harassed and abused at Budapest Airport.
“We are appalled at the unjustified and abhorrent abuse directed at Anthony and his family as he tries to make his way home from refereeing the UEFA Europa League final.
“We will continue to provide our full support to Anthony and his family.”
He told Sky Sports Italia: “Each of us react in a different way, one cries, another doesn’t, but the truth is we are all very sad.
“We return dead tired, dead with feeling it is unjust.
“It was an intense, masculine, vibrant game with a referee who seemed Spanish. It was yellow, yellow, yellow all the time.
“The injustice is shown by the fact Lamela should’ve had a second yellow, he didn’t, and he converted a penalty in the shoot-out.
“What I said is we either leave here with the Cup or we leave dead. Well, we’re dead.
“We’re dead tired physically, dead tired mentally, dead because we think it is an unjust defeat with lots of incidents that are debatable.”
