The supporter was attacked before kick-off in the Europa League qualifying tie at the Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium and needed stitches for his wound. Three other fans from Burnley’s 1,000 travelling support were also badly beaten and robbed in the Greek capital. Twenty-three supporters were also arrested by the Greek police for being drunk and refusing to get on coaches provided to ferry them to the Stadium. Burnley lost 3-1 in Athens on a sorry night for the team as they look to qualify for the Europa League group stage for the first time.

Kostas Fortounis scored twice for the hosts - his second from the penalty sport after Ben Gibson was sent off for a second yellow card when handling the ball. Andreas Bouchalakis also netted for Olympiakos, with Chris Wood’s penalty giving Burnley hope of a comeback in the second leg next week. And manager Sean Dyche was unhappy with Slovenian official Slavko Vincic’s decision to award the penalty for Gibson’s handball. Dyche felt Vincic’s attitude switched after Olympiakos players mobbed him at half time, complaining about not getting decisions in their favour during the first 45 minutes.

A Burnley fan was stabbed before Thursday's Olympiakos game in the Europa League

Around 1,000 Burnley fans made the journey to Athens

Burnley fan went down to 10 men when Ben Gibson was sent off

Olympiakos and Burnley are battling to reach the Europa League group stage

Chris Wood scored a crucial away goal for Burnley

“The scenes I saw at half-time from all and sundry… and then things change in the second half,” said the Burnley boss. “They were waiting for the referee. You all saw the feel of the game was different in the second half. “They miraculously get a penalty - when one of our player’s blocks - it’s his hip and then hand and that’s deemed a professional handball. We’re all left scratching our heads. “We are told to respect referees. I feel for our fans, they’ve come a long way to see a balanced game and haven’t seen that.”

Olympiakos will take a 3-1 lead into the second leg