A total of six Liverpool fans were injured on Wednesday night Two Liverpool fans have been stabbed in Naples ahead of the Europa League tie in the city.
Liverpool are due to play Napoli, at the team’s San Paolo stadium, on Thursday evening.
Merseyside Police said a total of six Liverpool fans were assaulted in the Italian city on Wednesday night.
Two men, aged 27 and 52, were taken to hospital with stab wounds. Their injuries are not thought to be life-threatening, a police spokesman said.
He said the force was working with its counterparts in Naples to help with the policing of the game.
A spokeswoman for the Foreign Office said: “We can confirm the hospitalisation of two British nationals in Naples, Italy on 20 October.”
“We are providing consular assistance.”
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