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MANCHESTER UNITED are looking into the treatment of their supporters in Lyon after police used tear gas following Thursday’s Europa League quarter-final.
Thursday’s first leg in France was attended by 2,800 away fans, who were required by local authorities to travel to a conference centre 13 miles away from the city centre to collect wristbands before boarding shuttle buses to the ground.
The significant expense and inconvenience of those demands were compounded by a malfunctioning public transport network and large queues at the pick-up point before being taken to the Parc Olympique Lyonnais in the east of the city.
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