Per Mertsacker: I feared for family in Arsenal vs Cologne crowd trouble chaos ARSENAL skipper Per Mertesacker has revealed how he feared for his family during the chaos that proceeded the Europa League clash with Cologne. By David Woods, Chief Football Writer / Published 15th September 2017 GETTY Arsenal vs Cologne crowd trouble: Per Mertesacker feared for family Thursday’s Europa League clash had to be put back an hour after thousands of Germans arrived at The Emirates without tickets and forced their way past barricades as they tried to get in. Others who had bought from touts managed to get into home areas at the stadium and German World Cup winner Mertesacker admitted it was...
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