Chelsea Fans Clash With Police Ahead Of Champions League Game

Chelsea fans and French police clashed in Lille, ahead of the Champions League last 16 game on Wednesday night, with the police using batons and tear gas.

However, a group of their fans ended up clashing with local police, after reportedly chanting Roman Abramovich's name outside Les 3 Brasseurs bar, opposite Lille-Flanders station.

Bottles are said to have been thrown by the fans, before police used tear gas and batons to disperse the travelling English supporters, some of whom don't seem to have actually been involved.

"Roads around the area have been cordoned off and there are still isolated pockets of trouble around the city."

"Lille police came over swinging their f***ing batons smacked me on the back I was thankfully pulled by someone (if that was you thank you so much ) I didn’t realise until the second one thrown."

"It was tear gas and someone shouted it was tear gas. I covered my eyes and fan inside, I didn’t and still haven’t stopped crying.

"No doubt I’ll have a massive bruise, chest hurts, I’ve never done anything wrong in my life and nor did any of us and yet we were attacked it’s not on."

The Blues went into the game with a 2-0 lead from the first leg, after Kai Havertz and Christian Pulisic had both scored in the first leg.

Plenty has changed in the world, and at the club, since that first game in February, and more questions remain over the Blues than answers.