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No room for fans 'interested in causing trouble' at the Wanderers - Santalab

Western Sydney striker Brendon Santalab says the A-League club doesn't want misbehaving fans at their games.

The Wanderers are again under fire over supporters' behaviour after Saturday's derby against Sydney FC, with a anti-gay banner brandished by its fans condemned by Football Federation Australia.

The banner, depicting oral sex and publicly saluted by the Wanderers' active supporter group the Red and Black Bloc, was unfurled in front of 44,843 fans.

More than a dozen arrests of attendees were also recorded at ANZ Stadium, with charges by NSW police including assault, throwing a missile and drug possession after an officer's eye was cut by a projectile thrown during a fight.

Veteran Santalab, who scored the winner in the 1-0 result against the ladder-leading Sky Blues, said poor crowd behaviour threatened to take some of the gloss off the game where they ended a three-year derby drought.

"We don't want to see that in our game," Santalab told Sky Sports Radio on Monday.

"It was a great night of football and a great spectacle.

"For the fans who are interested in causing trouble, it's not what we want in the A-League and definitely at the Wanderers.

"We'd like to stamp that out and just have a nice family evening and a great spectacle for the game."

The Wanderers said the club remains committed to providing a family-friendly environment at games.

A suspended points deduction in place until the end of this season as punishment for fan trouble associated with lighting flares hangs over the sixth-placed side.