Hearts midfield star Andy Halliday has detailed how the brawl between Jambos and Almeria players broke out earlier this month - claiming that an Almeria defender was the catalyst for chaos on the Mediterranean coast.
With Robbie Neilson's men trailing 1-0 to La Liga outfit Almeria in Spain on December 4, Alex Cochrane kicked the ball away from his opponent as the Spanish outfit went to take a free kick - a mischievous action that sparked chaos. In retaliation, an Almeria player grabbed Cochrane's neck and shoved him, causing benches on both sides to converge on the pitch and engage in a mass brawl, with the video going viral on social media almost instantly.
Neilson stopped the action and his players returned to the dressing room, before making their way back to Scotland a day later - meaning they didn't play a single minute more on foreign soil. And, with Kilmarnock on the horizon in the Scottish Premiership, Halliday has opened up on what actually happened - with the Spanish side seemingly instigating the brawl themselves.
