Police were forced to intervene as Southampton and West Ham fans took to clash with each other post-match on Wednesday night.
A superb solo goal from Armando Broja and a confident James Ward-Prowse penalty sent the Saints through to the FA Cup quarter-finals with a 3-1 victory over West Ham.
However it was after the game that got people talking with cops needing to get in-between both sets of supporters to prevent a mass punch-up.
As getting involved, officers managed to hold up barriers which fans tried to push down, with traffic cones then thrown in an attempt to hurt in some way.
I think they took the defeat well #saintsfc pic.twitter.com/gpWUYcYGHB
— Simon Richards (@simonrichards) March 3, 2022
It came after a pitch invader ran onto the pitch following the spot kick, halting the restart for a few minutes with a number stewards managing to get on and deal with the situation.
Ralph Hasenhuttl’s side are now unbeaten in their last 12 home matches despite making nine changes to his team, producing a fine performance to progress.
Left-back Romain Perraud struck an outstanding opener from 25 yards that found the top corner, leading pundits in the makeshift studio at Luton impressed, but Michail Antonio equalised in the second half after a Willy Caballero mistake.
Caballero, 40, made up for his error with a crucial save late on from a Craig Dawson header after captain Ward-Prowse regained the lead for Southampton.
Broja was taken down in the area by Dawson with a penalty awarded after the video assistant referee instructed Andre Marriner to watch the incident on the pitchside monitor.
Broja then made sure Southampton would be heading to the last eight in injury-time by putting pressure on the West Ham defence, beating Kurt Zouma and slotting past Alphonse Areola into the bottom corner.
Southampton: Caballero (7), Walker-Peters (7), Stephens (7), Valery (7), Perraud (8), Diallo (7), Ward-Prowse (8), Smallbone (7), Djenepo (6), Long (6), A. Armstrong (6).
Subs: Livramento (6), Romeu (6), S. Armstrong (6), Redmond (6), Broja (8)
West Ham: Areola (6), Johnson (5), Dawson (5), Zouma (5), Diop (5), Rice (6), Soucek (6), Fornals (5), Lanzini (6), Bowen (6), Antonio (6)
Subs: Benrahma (6), Vlasic (6)
Man of the match: Romain Perraud
“It was an amazing goal,” Hasenhuttl told the BBC. “The ball in the cup is lighter and that’s why you can shoot outside the box. We have a few good guys who can score goals from them.”
“You can’t speak about having a big squad and trusting everyone and not show the right signals,” he said.
“It was hard for them in the beginning with no rhythm playing in front of 28,000 fans. It was clear with five subs you can decide the game in the second half with subs.
“Armando Broja had a good impact in the game. He is a threat with speed. We have quality and created some good parts in our game.
“Making nine changes doesn’t mean that we’re not looking for this cup. It’s a super opportunity for us. But we shouldn’t forget these players have brought us here.
“We should give them a chance to play again. It’s tough but as soon as you saw players struggling after the Norwich game we knew we should make changes.”
Moyes admitted his West Ham side did not do enough to get through to the FA Cup quarter-finals.
“We probably didn’t deserve it,” he told the BBC. “We went behind to a worldie and we fought back.
“I thought we were probably the better team at those stages of the game. We gave away a terrible second goal and the third didn’t matter. We didn’t do well enough to get through.
“Congratulations to Southampton. I thought in the first half we had a lot of the ball but not the quality in the final third. We didn’t take our half-chances. In the second half after we got the goal back and it looked like if any team was going on to win, it was us.”
Perraud told the BBC after the game: “I think it’s a great goal for us. We did a very good performance with some players who don’t play every game against a good team.
“Congratulations to the team and the club. Now we wait for the next round. West Ham played with their best team so it was difficult for us but after 15 or 20 minutes we began our game and we deserved this win.
“We are ninth in the Premier League and in the last eight of the FA Cup. We can dream. We’ll wait for the next round but it’s important for our confidence. Game after game we’re in a good moment and we have to work on this.”
As mentioned, police intervene with Southampton and West Ham fans deciding to clash post-match…
@adambrown93: Hahahaha gave it the big un behind police, jump back as soon as they moved forward 😂😂😂😂😂
@MichaelSFCgrant: Let’s not forget the guy that breaks through in the coat gets smacked after the video cuts 😂🤣
@CW9_MCFC: 20 grown men being held back by one 5,5 female copper
@_SaintsInFrance: The guy that could have got out nr the end but held himself back 🤣🤣
@altoniansaint: Idiots
@Chris_Dyer84: Scum of the earth that lot
@nuttyfootychick: And to think they were singing about bubbles all match 😀
@SFCLJJ: Classic West Ham 😂
@WessexSaint: Should have kept them locked in for half an hour like in the good old days.
@vinty_boy: Other side could of broken thru then if they wanted 😂😂😂😂
@TomHDeacon: One West Ham fan in the grey hoody gets loose… what happens next?! You can’t leave me like this 🤪
@TomSagee: Man got absolutely flattened once that camera went off
@jpriceno7: Wouldn’t be West Ham without some bloated, red faced, middle aged men trying to act hard.
@Puel_Out: The most triggered fan base. They’re so funny to wind up. Look at the rage on their fat red faces 😂
@saintsshirts: And my daughter goes to watch her team and has to put up with pathetic little cretins like this. If you want to fight take up boxing or ufc you melts.
@Coastguard: The bloke who gets himself to the front 10 seconds in with the lighter coloured hoody at the neck was mouthing off near us inside the stadium as well. I think they could have been playing tiddlywinks on the pitch for all he cared. He certainly hadn’t come for the football.
@sfcjfc: out of all the people in this only one is up for it and that’s the guy at the end from WH the rest are embarrassing 🤡
@Tommy____79: Imagine being so devoid of any shame you behave like this over a game of football. #embarrassing
@NickNak8686: Grown ass men acting like a bunch of idiots. Pathetic.
@DavidMoteane: I’m not sure if there is a more pathetic sight than grown arse men acting like this.

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