Tottenham and West Ham fans in bloody clashes as police forced to intervene amid ugly scenes before Carabao Cup quarter

WEST HAM and Tottenham fans clashed ahead of their EFL Cup quarter-final clash. Fights broke out outside the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium with one fan reportedly being knocked out and pictures showing another with blood on his face. The travelling Hammers fans had to be escorted to the stadium in an effort to avoid such clashes. […]

WEST HAM and Tottenham fans clashed ahead of their EFL Cup quarter-final clash.

Fights broke out outside the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium with one fan reportedly being knocked out and pictures showing another with blood on his face.

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Tottenham and West Ham fans clashed outside the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium[/caption]

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Police were forced to intervene[/caption]

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Kick-off wasn’t delayed as a result of the scuffles[/caption]

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One fan was left bloody as a result of the scuffle[/caption]

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Police managed to get the trouble under control[/caption]

The travelling Hammers fans had to be escorted to the stadium in an effort to avoid such clashes.

Rival fans were chanting at each other before the violence broke out.

Kick-off was not pushed back as a result of the ugly scenes outside.

Antonio Conte‘s side will be desperate to beat the high flying Hammers to join rivals Arsenal in the semi-finals.

Spurs have turned in some promising performances under the Italian in the short time he has been there.

And Conte will fancy his chances of claiming some silverware in his first season at the club.

Moyes, on the other hand, will probably want to be avoiding more injuries to first-team stars.

The Hammers are without starters Aaron Cresswell, Angelo Ogbonna and Kurt Zouma.

Michail Antonio was also ruled out ahead of the game after returning a positive Coronavirus test.

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