Aston Villa duo Lucas Digne and Matty Cash both hit the deck after they were struck by plastic bottles and coins while celebrating their side’s opener at Everton. The visitors took the lead right on the stroke of the half-time whistle when Emiliano Buendia timed his run to perfection and headed home Digne’s in-swinging corner.
Toffees goalkeeper Jordan Pickford got a hand to the ball but couldn’t keep the Argentine’s glanced effort out.
But as Villa celebrated breaking the deadlock by the corner flag, the atmosphere in the stands turned toxic as objects rained down on Steven Gerrard’s players.
A series of plastic bottles, coins and lighters were thrown from the crowd, hitting both Digne and Cash.
The two full-backs both went to ground in sync while clutching their heads.
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“Look at the state of that. We’re going back to the dark ages of football.
“There needs to be serious punishment handed out to all the clubs behaving in this way. They need to stamp it out now.”
BT Sport have since confirmed Merseyside Police and Everton are investigating the incident and are willing to come down hard on the perpetrators.
The Goodison Park stadium announcer also made it clear that bans would be handed out to any supporters found guilty of throwing objects onto the field of play.
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Digne of course recently left Everton for Villa in a £25million January deal before the dismissal of Rafael Benitez after last week’s 2-1 defeat at Norwich.
Upon leaving the club, Digne admitted the breakdown of his relationship with the Spaniard saw him left with no choice but to embark on a fresh challenge.
In his view, he would have stayed put in different circumstances but just nine days after completing his switch to the Midlands, Digne was back on Merseyside with his new club.
Large sections of the Goodison crowd jeered when Digne was in possession of the ball.
He did applaud the crowd as he entered the field but the Frenchman meant business once the game started, providing that crucial assist for Buendia.
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