Following Crystal Palace’s 3-2 Premier League defeat against Everton on Thursday, manager Patrick Vieira was involved in a confrontation with a fan and could face a Football Association inquiry.
After his side had let a two-goal lead slip, Vieira was headed towards the away dressing room amid a swarm of Everton fans who had flooded the pitch as the Toffees sealed their Premier League survival with the win.
After a fan attempted to instigate Vieira with hand gestures, the former France international kicked him to the ground and had to be taken away by other fans.
“I’ve got nothing to say on that,” Vieira told reporters after the incident.
“We don’t want to see it at all,” former Aston Villa striker Dion Dublin said on Sky Sports. “We know how overjoyed the Everton fans are but you can’t be doing that – pushing managers, pushing players, shouting at players in their face.
“We know it’s the minority, we know it’s only one or two who spoil it for everyone else but having fans on the pitch is not the way forward.
“We have to stop letting fans get on the pitch, it’s too dangerous.”
