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talkSPORT’s Hugh Woozencroft said the police in the stands housing the away supporters were ‘overwhelmed in one of the stairwells’ with some of the fans ‘throwing punches’.

Police later said the ‘minor disorder’ came after officers attempted to arrest a spectator for racially abusing a steward.

“Shortly after the start of the match, officers entered the stand to arrest a spectator for a racially aggravated public order offense in relation to comments directed towards a steward,” read a Metropolitan Police statement.

“As the officers made the arrest, minor disorder broke out involving other spectators. Order was quickly restored and there have been no further incidents at this stage.”

Hungary fans make the headlines for all the wrong reasons once again

Another punishment could follow
The violence calmed down shortly afterward, however, a flare was set off in the Hungary end after Roland Sallai gave them a shock lead with a penalty of 24 minutes.

England hit back on the pitch as John Stones leveled the scores in 36 minutes.

That proved to be it as far as goals were concerned as both sides played out a 1-1 draw.

Sallai put Hungary in the lead against England after a high boot from Luke Shaw

A green flare was let off in the Hungary end immediately after they took the lead

The Hungary fans were muted when Stones equalized
Last month’s meeting between the sides in Budapest, in which England won 4-0, was marred by monkey chants aimed at Raheem Sterling and Jude Bellingham.

FIFA ordered Hungary to play two home FIFA competition matches behind closed doors, one suspended for two years, following racist behavior by supporters.

The fanbase was again under scrutiny in London, with the traveling fans booing as England players took the knee before kick-off.

Clashes then broke out in the away section, with police using batons in an attempt to control the crowd before appearing to be forced into the concourse.

Former Culture Secretary, now Conservative Party Chairman, Oliver Dowden responded to the ‘dreadful scenes’ at Wembley and was among those to question the decision to allow Hungarian fans in for the game.

Hungary fans have previous over their bad behaviour but were still allowed inside Wembley for the England clash
“They were dreadful scenes and I’m very concerned by them,” Dowden told talkRADIO.

“The FA has said they are conducting an investigation and raising it with FIFA, and I think it’s entirely appropriate that they do so.

“Clearly there is no place for racism in football, and we’ve still got further steps to go to eliminate it.

“You only have to listen to the testimonies from black players about the racist abuse they still suffer.

“I think there are very serious questions to be answered [on whether Hungary fans should have been allowed in Wembley], and we need to find out exactly what went wrong there.”