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Derby fan arrested after attack on Nottingham Forest player

A Derby supporter has been arrested after running onto the pitch after Saturday's game against Nottingham Forest and making contact with a Forest player, police said.

The incident came at the end of the Championship match at the iPro stadium, which Forest won 2-1.

Witnesses saw a supporter run on after the final whistle and try to throw a punch at Forest defender Kelvin Wilson, before confronting a handful of other visiting players.

The fan, who ran on from a Derby section of the stadium and through a line of stewards, appeared to swing at Wilson and was then tackled to the ground by Forest defender Jamaal Lascelles.

He was surrounded by stewards and dragged away from the Forest players.

A police spokesman said: "Tension arose between both sets of supporters towards the end of the game, after Nottingham Forest had scored their second goal.

"A 23-year-old Derby supporter from the south stand entered the playing area and made contact with a Nottingham Forest player.

"The supporter has been arrested, and a joint investigation will be taking place between Derbyshire Police and Derby County."

There was also trouble off the pitch, as Forest chairman Fawaz Al-Hasawi tweeted pictures of his vandalised car.

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