Ten arrests after Liverpool v Man City as police officer hurt

Merseyside Police made 10 arrests after Liverpool’s match with Manchester City at Anfield on Sunday, with one of their officers sustaining a serious facial injury as disorder followed the game.

According to James Pearce, the incidents occurred in the aftermath of the Premier League fixture, prompting a series of arrests by officers on duty around the event. The reporting states that one police officer was left with a serious facial injury.

The update confirms that public order issues were handled as a policing matter. An arrest does not in itself amount to a criminal charge, and the next steps would ordinarily depend on the outcome of enquiries and any decisions made by prosecutors following review of evidence.

The report does not detail the specific alleged offences linked to the arrests or provide further medical information on the injured officer beyond the description of a serious facial injury. It also does not set out where the incidents took place in relation to the stadium.

The match was played on Sunday at Anfield, with news of the arrests emerging on Monday morning in the UK. Any potential disciplinary action within football’s regulatory framework, should it be pursued, would be separate from and subsequent to the police process outlined in the reporting.