{"id":29051,"date":"2025-04-18T02:06:14","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T02:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/29051\/"},"modified":"2025-04-18T02:06:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T02:06:14","slug":"referee-to-involve-police-at-arsenal-v-real-madrid-over-rice-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/29051\/","title":{"rendered":"Referee to involve police at Arsenal v Real Madrid over Rice incident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Declan-Rice-Arsenal-Real-Madrid-1140x641.png\" class=\"attachment-single-feature size-single-feature wp-post-image\" alt=\"Declan Rice Arsenal Real Madrid\" layout=\"fill\"  style=\"object-position: 50% 50%\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Credit TNT Sports)<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Keith-Hackett-3-150x150.jpg\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" alt=\"Keith Hackett\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p> Wed 16 April 2025 20:56, UK <\/p>\n<p><strong>Declan Rice\u2019s treatment in a dramatic first half between Arsenal and Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu should see the game stopped by the referee, according to Keith Hackett.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The former Premier League and FIFA referee, and ex-head of the PGMOL, exclusively told <strong>Football Insider <\/strong>that missiles thrown from the stands at the Gunners midfielder should see the police involved.<\/p>\n<p>As the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/tag\/arsenal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arsenal<\/a> and England star lined up to take a corner on 13 minutes, moments after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/tag\/bukayo-saka\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bukayo Saka<\/a>\u2018s Panenka penalty had been saved by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/tag\/thibaut-courtois\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thibaut Courtois<\/a> at the same end, he complained to the officials of items raining down from the fans.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/declan-rice-embarrasses-paul-merson-live-on-sky-with-arsenal-stunner-v-real-madrid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rice was the star of the 3-0 Arsenal win in the first leg at the Emirates<\/a> after scoring a pair of stunning free kicks, and Madrid fans reacted in the aftermath of the early penalty drama.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Declan-Rice-Arsenal-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Declan Rice Arsenal\" class=\"wp-image-658543\" \/>Rice scored twice against Real Madrid at the Emirates (Credit Imago)<strong>Declan Rice pelted with missiles at Santiago Bernabeu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speaking live on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tntsports.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TNT Sports<\/a> coverage commentator Darren Fletcher said (8.13pm, 16 April): \u201cI think <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/tag\/declan-rice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Declan Rice<\/a> might have been hit by something that\u2019s been thrown from the crowd, that\u2019s what he\u2019s indicating to the French referee.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s like a powder keg in here.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The officials took no obvious action, but Hackett believes major steps should have been implemented straight away involving the authorities inside the stadium to stamp out any further issues.<\/p>\n<p>MORE FOOTBALL INSIDER STORIES<\/p>\n<p>Rice conceded a penalty at the other end shortly after for a perceived pull on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/hackett-exclusive-mbappe-gets-away-with-abject-nonsense-before-arsenal-clash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kylian Mbappe, whose one-game ban outraged Hackett<\/a> before kick off, in the box, but after a lengthy VAR delay the decision was overturned and the game remained goalless at the break.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keith Hackett reacts to incident in Champions League<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speaking exclusive to <strong>Football Insider<\/strong> the former FIFA referee said: \u201cThe referee should stop the game and bring the UEFA Delegate. the Ground Controller and the Police Ground Commander to the side of the field of play.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe should request the increase of stewards and police numbers at the area where the missive was thrown.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis then should be followed up with a public broadcast to fans to ensure that they stop.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe police will be looking at monitors to determine if they can take any immediate action.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Related Posts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Credit TNT Sports) Wed 16 April 2025 20:56, UK Declan Rice\u2019s treatment in a dramatic first half 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