Newcastle United said French police "indiscriminately assaulted" several of their supporters and used pepper spray, batons and shields on them while escorting the visiting fans from the stadium after Tuesday's 2-1 Champions League loss at Olympique de Marseille.

The Premier League side said on Thursday that they would formally raise their concerns with UEFA, the host club and French police over the "unnecessary and disproportionate" force their fans were subjected to.

"Plans were in place to move 500 supporters at a time... once the first group of supporters was released, the police began using unnecessary and disproportionate force to stop the remainder of our fans from moving any further," Newcastle said in a statement.

"This was actioned through a combination of pepper spray, batons

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