The statement read: "The police made 28 arrests at Chelsea v Manchester City on Saturday, and a further 23 arrests at the Coventry City v Manchester United game the following day.

"Just under half of all arrests were for matters linked to pyrotechnics, tailgating and hate crimes, including two individuals arrested for tragedy chanting and homophobic abuse.

"More than a fifth of the total arrests were for drug-related offences. Six of the arrests were violence related, involving three assaults on emergency workers. One fan was arrested for harming a police horse."

Stadium director Chris Bryant added: "We have a zero-tolerance approach for any form of illegal, anti-social, offensive and discriminatory conduct, and our crowd safety teams work incredibly hard to ensure perpetrators are quickly identified and reported to the police.

“I would like to thank the police and the team at Wembley Stadium for taking swift and decisive action when dealing with such unacceptable behaviour at both semi-finals. These arrests are a clear message that this type of behaviour will not be tolerated at Wembley Stadium.”

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