CHAOS has erupted in London as football fans flood the streets after France’s 2-0 quarter final win against Morocco at the World Cup.
A Met Police officer was injured by a mob in West London just moments after France secured their place in the semi-final.
Cops swarmed West London tonight as they clashed with a large mob
A crowd surrounds police vans guarding a downed police officer
Footage shows cops in riot gear swarming Edgware Road as they try to ward off a large crowd.
A police officer can be seen lying on the ground behind two police vans as he is treated by paramedics.
Rows of cops march through the street behind shields to create blockades on either side of the downed officer.
Riots were expected in Paris tonight after the clash between the North African nation and its coloniser.
But France’s capital has remained peaceful despite fears of wide-scale unrest breaking out.
More than 20,000 cops were deployed across , including 8,000 lining the streets of Paris.
A French security memo had warned that trouble could kick off whatever the game’s result.
It warned that fireworks could be fired in the streets, as they were in the violence that followed Paris-Saint Germain (PSG)’s win in May.
More than 400 people were arrested, but tonight’s World Cup clash has instead erupted in a wave of celebration.
The streets of Paris were transformed into a giant fan zone after authorities decided to pedestrianise two districts.
Without cars a large section of the 11th arrondissement was flooded with a jubilant sea of blue as shouts of “Kyky I love you!” rang out.
Kylian Mbappe missed his first spot-kick but bounced back when he received from Desire Doue on the edge of the box.
Roars of “Thank you, Les Blues” erupted across the city as the Real Madrid ace hit the back of Yassine Bounou’s net.
And when threaded in a second five minutes later, were headed to a Dallas showdown with or .
Morocco’s fans brought a sea of red to Boston’s Gillette Stadium but they were badly missing their spearhead, injured Munich striker Ismael Saibari.
Despite a slightly more adventurous second half, the North African side couldn’t or his back line.
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