UEFA has reportedly preferred charges against Arsenal and Cologne after crowd control problem in the Thursday encounter at Emirate Stadium. The game was delayed by more than an hour after thousands of Cologne fans arrived the Emirate Stadium without tickets.
Marca reports that about 20, 000 Cologne fans turned up in London for the match despite the club being given a ticket allocation of 2, 900.
Following the resulting incident, the German club has been slammed with four charges. They include Crowd disturbances, setting off fireworks, throwing of objects and acts of damage.
Meanwhile, Arsenal are being charged with blocking the stairways in away supporters sector.
Arsenal in a statement issued on Friday hinted that the club had launched a review. "We worked with our colleagues at Cologne to stop supporters travelling without match tickets. The 3,000 tickets issued to Cologne fans was in line with competition rules but it is clear many more visiting fans arrived, causing significant congestion and disturbance outside the stadium before kick-off. Many tickets were sold through touts and this is very disappointing."
Meanwhile, Arsenal Manager, Arsene Wenger said his side dealt well with the situation stressing that there was no aggravation.
"...It was all kind of speculations you know that we had to analyse and see how we can deal with the situation. But in the end at some stage I thought they would not play the game, because I can't see the police taking any risk. We live in a society of 100% security and I thought they would never take a gamble to play this game when I saw the images around the stadium. But I must say our supporters dealt well with the situation as well and there was no aggravation."
