Beckham confronts disgruntled fans

David Beckham was involved in an angry confrontation with LA Galaxy fans during his first home game this season, the 34 year old ex-Manchester United and Real Madrid midfielder had been on loan at AC Milan forcing him to miss the first half of the MLS season and he was booed and jeered by large sections of the sell-out crowd throughout Sunday's friendly, ironically against Milan.

"Most of the fans have been great, it was only one or two that, you know, it was to be expected" he insisted afterwards, "i tried to shake one of the guys hands but he didn't want any of it", the boos drowned out the sound of any cheers as he and the rest of the LA Galaxy squad were introduced to the 27,000 capacity crowd.

Security had to escort him from the field at half-time as he walked past an area of jeering fans, one supporter jumped down from the stands and had to be restrained before being taken away, Galaxy head coach, Bruce Arena tried his best to play down the reception that Beckham received.

"We regret the incident that occurred at the end of the first-half" he said, "while it is important that our fans remain free to voice their opinions, they must do so in an appropriate manner", the game marked the end of a turbulent week for the ex-England captain.

After he responded to accusations from Galaxy captain Landon Donovan that he was unprofessional, the match itself ended in a 2-2 draw, Beckham having a hand in both Galaxy goals, a trademark cross-field ball by Beckham to Donovan who then set up Alan Gordon to score the first.

While for the second and with Galaxy down 2-1, it was his corner that was headed home by Bryan Jordan, he then turned to a section of the crowd that had been especially vociferous and simply shrugged his shoulders, while he did applaud those fans who had remained supportive when he was withdrawn in the 75th minute.