Burnley fan stabbed in Athens ahead of Olympiakos defeat

"Those injured all traveled independently to the stadium, outside of the organized travel operation."

A Burnley fan was stabbed in the leg and four others were injured in clashes before Thursday's 3-1 Europa League play-off defeat by Olympiakos in Athens, the Premier League club said.

The BBC reported that 23 Burnley fans were arrested for being drunk and disorderly. The club said the majority of their 900 traveling supporters were "impeccably behaved".

"However, five of our supporters were unfortunately injured - including a person who received a stab wound to the leg - and received medical attention at the stadium," Burnley said.

"Those injured all traveled independently to the stadium, outside of the organized travel operation."

The defeat was Burnley's first of the Europa qualifying campaign. Chris Wood's first-half penalty canceled out Kostas Fortounis' opener before Andreas Bouchalakis put the hosts ahead after the break and Fortounis scored his second.

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