West Ham fan who confronted Alkmaar hooligans reveals he can't get tickets for final WHUFC
players such as Michail Antonio and Lucas Paqueta rushed over to the disturbance only to find Chris battling to keep fellow supporters safe from harm.Goalkeeper Alphonse Areola has since referred to Knoll as a ‘legend’ while his wife Marrion labelled him as the ‘biggest hero.’
Footage of Chris at the top of a stairwell fighting off the thugs has gone viral – leading to some fans insisting the club provide him with tickets to the final. “I know what they were intent on doing and was not going to let it happen. It was fairly obvious what was going to happen because they were intent on coming to us.
He continued: ‘If you’ve seen the pictures, there’s about five or six guys in front of me and I’m sort of trying to fend them off.“Somehow, I don’t know how, two got behind me, right. And as I’m dealing with the other guys, there’s one guy who’s just constantly bagging me in the side of the head.
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