The Manchester City fan who was attacked in Belgium following the Champions League win over Club Brugge on Tuesday night is in a stable condition in hospital but remains in a coma.
The 63-year-old, named as Guido De Pauw by local reports, is Belgian and part of a City supporters’ club in the country - he and 233 other members had attended the game. He was attacked at a service station in nearby Drongen following the Premier League side’s 5-1 win.
“After the match we stopped at the parking lot along the E40 in Drongen,” Mr. De Pauw's son, Jurgen, told HLN after the incident took place.
"While we were already driving on, my dad was waiting outside for his two friends. There, a Club [Brugge] supporter approached him and pulled his scarf from his neck.
“When my dad asked for his scarf back, he received a heavy blow to the head after which the perpetrators fled and left my dad for dead.”
