Cologne say sorry

COLOGNE have apologised for the crowd trouble which overshadowed Thursday’s Europa League match at Arsenal.

But the Bundesliga club also complained about their ticket allocation and hit out at “organisers” for being “not adequately prepared”, while insisting the Police presence was “too small”.

Cologne also claimed some Arsenal tickets had been passed on “for horrendous prices”.

The Group H opener, which Arsenal won 3-1, was delayed by an hour as many away supporters without tickets looked to gain entry to the Emirates Stadium.