Portsmouth head coach John Mousinho has apologised to Cardiff City players after an incident involving home fans at Fratton Park.
In the 72nd minute of Portsmouth’s 2-0 Championship win over the Bluebirds, Cardiff defender Krystian Bielik got into a physical altercation with a fan as he went to retrieve a ball.
Cardiff head coach Brian Barry-Murphy claimed afterwards that Bielik “got slapped in the face”, while clips circulating on social media appeared to show the Poland international grabbing a young fan around his upper body.
In the aftermath, another fan threw a ball at the head of Cardiff defender Perry Ng, which resulted in both fans being ejected from the stadium.
Speaking after the match, Pompey boss Mousinho said: “The referee said that, as Krystian went to get the ball, there was a little bit of a kerfuffle and one of the supporters struck him.
“It wasn’t a good incident. I have just seen him there, and he was OK, but that’s not the point, we can’t be having that.
“We want to create a really difficult atmosphere at Fratton Park, we have done that successfully over the past few years.
“Sometimes it tips over, I understand that, I don’t think it needs to tip over to that extent.
“We extend our apologies to the players, Cardiff and make sure we can try to cut it out.”