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Marseille supporters cause wild scenes outside the Stade Velodrome ahead of crucial match against Tottenham as flares and fireworks are set off with the tension ramping up in southern France

The wild scenes seen in Marseille ahead of the crucial Champions League match up against Tottenham have continued to the brink of kick-off.

Fireworks were let off in the early hours of Tuesday morning as the Tottenham players slept in their hotel ahead of the fixture in southern France.

With the tension ramping up to kick off with both sides in with a chance of qualifying for the last 16, Olympique de Marseille fans sought to turn the area around the ground into as hostile a location as possible as further fireworks were let off alongside flares.