Hundreds of protesters descended on Birmingham to demonstrate at the controversial Aston Villa match against Maccabi Tel Aviv. Eleven arrests were made amid a huge police operation, with more than 700 officers deployed for the Europa League game.

British police have arrested 11 people around a Europa League soccer match in Birmingham between Aston Villa and Maccabi Tel Aviv

Pro-Palestinian and pro-Israeli supporters demonstrated outside the politically-charged Europa League soccer match between Aston Villa and Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv on Thursday and police made 11 arrests,

Anti-Israel rallies and counterprotests planned ahead of soccer game against Aston Villa after local officials banned Israeli fans, citing fears for their safety

The chief executive of Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv says it is "incredibly sad" away fans have been banned from his side's Europa League match at Aston Villa. "Politics should never be drawn into football", Jack Angelides told BBC Sport.