By Amitai Winehouse For Mailonline
Published: 11:44 BST, 1 May 2019 | Updated: 11:47 BST, 1 May 2019
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Shocking footage has emerged of Liverpool fans racially abusing an Asian man in Barcelona, calling him 'Mr Miyagi' after pushing him into a fountain.
Trouble brewed in the city ahead of Wednesday's Champions League semi-final first leg. At least two videos surfaced on social media showing supporters shoving local people into a fountain in the middle of the popular Placa Reial square.
And in one of those clips, a supporter can be heard saying, 'Mr Miyagi, son', when the man comes over to speak to the person who pushed him into the fountain.
A man in a blue jacket standing on the edge of the fountain can be seen being pushed in
The man is filmed getting out of the fountain before walking towards the camera
A supporter in a grey t-shirt can be seen bowing towards the gentleman.
Another fan, filmed pushing the man into the fountain, can be seen running away from the incident before laughing at him.
'Mr Miyagi' is a reference to the Asian trainer in the Karate Kid films from the 1980s.
Hundreds of travelling fans congregated