Manchester United, which ranks fifth in the Premier League, are 33 points behind league leaders Liverpool.

Many supporters have shown a clear dissatisfaction with the club's performance, and Woodward is a person who has received a lot of criticism. During the recent home games, for example, he has heard some frames scanned against him - with the requirement that he (and the American owner families Glazer) leave the club.

Have two small children

During the night, some of these people took the dissatisfaction much longer. Then Woodward's home was attacked, where the 48-year-old lives with his wife and two young children. Woodward was not in the house at the time.

On film clips showing the attack, bands of other pyrotechnics are thrown over the gate to the house and songs that claimed Woodward would die are heard.

"No excuse"

Manchester United condemns the attack.

“Fans who express their opinion are slow, criminal damage and a desire to endanger someone's life is another. There is simply no excuse for this. We know that the football world will unite behind us and we will work with Manchester's police force to identify the perpetrators of this unjustified attack, ”the club writes in a statement quoted by various media.