Goalkeeper left bleeding from the head after violent pitch invasion

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Melbourne City goalkeeper Tom Glover arsenic has been assaulted arsenic spectators stormed the transportation astatine the 20-minute people of the A-League Men's Melbourne derby connected Saturday night.

Spectators forced their mode onto the tract with the people astatine 1-0, successful favour of City, aft 20 minutes of play.

Glover was near bleeding from the caput aft being struck with a metallic bucket. After receiving attraction astatine AAMI Park for a concussion, helium has since been transported to hospital.

Referee Alex King, lucifer officials and camera-operators were besides targeted successful the attack.

Those liable are reportedly a radical of Melbourne Victory supporters.

Across the weekend, shot fans person have been walking retired successful protestation of the Australian Professional Leagues' decision to grant the hosting rights of the A-Leagues' expansive finals to Sydney.

While the competitions volition financially payment from the three-year sponsorship with the New South Wales government, the announcement has been conscionable with fierce disapproval from fans, pundits, past players and A-League clubs.

Players from some teams were ordered to permission the tract for their ain information and the lucifer was abandoned.

"There's a spot of a occupation and present the referee has called for some sets of players to permission the field," Robbie Thomson said successful commentary for 10 Football.

"This is entirely, wholly unacceptable."

In an on-air statement, Thomson said that the drastic actions of immoderate had marred the lucifer and blemished the 'peaceful' motive down the protests.

"Football, truthful ironically successful the past fewer weeks, has taken america to the dizziest of heights and unluckily this evening to the astir crippling of lows - the lucifer abandoned owed to subordinate safety.

"Tom Glover was struck by transportation invaders. He has been taken to infirmary now. He was chopped connected the face.

"The referee was besides assaulted, Alex King, and arsenic a result, and perfectly understandably contempt the information that we were each truthful looking guardant to a large lucifer successful shot this evening, I reiterate erstwhile again the actions of a fewer person outgo america each very, precise dearly this evening."

Football Australia explained its determination to wantonness the crippled to support the integrity of the match, "following shocking scenes".

"Such behaviour has nary spot successful Australian Football, with a afloat Football Australia probe to commence immediately, wherever beardown sanctions to beryllium handed down," the connection read.

"The Australian Professional League (APL) is coordinating with Football Australia (FA) regarding the ramifications of these events," the A-League said successful a statement.

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