Shocking moment Liverpool star Darwin Nunez jumps into the crowd and starts swinging punches in desperate bid to save his family from ‘drunken’ Colombian fans

Liverpool star Darwin Nunez jumped into the stands and threw punches at supporters in an extraordinary post-match brawl after Uruguay were dumped out of the Copa America on Wednesday night

An emotional Nunez was held back by security as he and his teammates took matters into their own hands just minutes after a feisty 1-0 semi-final defeat against Colombia in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Incredible video footage shows the forward, 25, alongside team-mates including Jose Gimenez and Ronald Araujo as scenes turned ugly after the final whistle.

Gimenez said on TV after the incident that the players’ families – sitting in close proximity to the fans – were ‘avalanched’ by drunken supporters, and that they’d stepped in to defend them.

‘This is an embarrassment, there wasn’t one police officer to control them. We had to go and defend our own just because they can’t control their drinking,’ he said.