This archive report was first published on 11 December 2019.
On Tuesday, December 10, 2019, a heated incident unfolded at the end of Lyon's Champions League game against RB Leipzig. The match ended in a 2-2 home draw, sending Lyon into the last 16.
As the players celebrated with the fans, tempers flared. Memphis Depay, the Lyon forward, scored the equaliser and was visibly upset when he saw a banner telling club defender Marcelo to 'go away'. Depay chased the fan carrying the banner, with his teammates following close behind.
"The management will have to take responsibility," Depay was quoted as saying in French media on Wednesday, December 11, 2019. "You qualify and you leave the pitch in these conditions? Something is wrong. I chased the fan to tell him to drop the banner. They spat on us. I've never seen that."
Lyon went through second in Group G with eight points, five behind Leipzig.
