Luis Enrique strikes Chelsea star Joao Pedro as ugly Club World Cup brawl breaks out

A mass brawl broke out at the end of the Club World Cup final as Paris Saint-Germain boss Luis Enrique struck Chelsea forward Joao Pedro. The Blues ran out 3-0 winners over the Champions League holders at MetLife Stadium, banking £92million in the process, thanks to a brace from Cole Palmer and Pedro's first-half finish.

But tempers boiled over at the end of the match. Joao Neves was given a red card in the 85th minute after pulling Marc Cucurella's hair. The incident was not initially spotted but VAR informed the referee of the infringement and the Portuguese midfielder was swiftly given his marching orders.

But once Chelsea's victory and new title as world champions was confirmed, a brawl broke out involving large numbers from both sides.

Goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma was at the heart of the incident, along with Pedro, who earlier received complaints from Marquinhos and several PSG stars as they accused him of wasting time.

Donnarumma also confronted Pedro and was involved in the physical altercation, who fell to the floor clutching his face after contact from both Enrique and the stopper, before his team-mates rushed to the Brazilian's aid.

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Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca then led Donnarumma away, before later donning a Chelsea shirt with 'world champions' written on the back.

He later said that his team sealed the win inside 10 minutes, before a goal was scored.

"I have no words for the players," the head coach said. "They all deserve this and it's a good moment. For me, we won the game in the first 10 minutes. We set the tempo and we were very good at pressing them. The conditions made it hard to keep going but the boys did well."

"Today we found a position for him [Palmer] where there was more space to attack. Obviously Cole played really well but the effort from all the players was fantastic. Of course I am very excited [about the future] but I'm more excited that we have three weeks off."

Palmer, having emerged from the ugly scenes around him, then swore live on TV as he praised the turnaround Maresca has overseen over the past 12 months.

"He is building something special, something important," the two-goal hero insisted. "Everyone has talked a lot of s*** about us all season but I feel like we are going in the right direction.

"It's a great feeling. Even better because everyone doubted us before the game, we knew that. To put a fight on like we did, it's good.

"The gaffer put a great gameplan out. He knew where the space was going to be. He tried to free me up as much as possible and I just had to repay him and score some goals."