UEFA say Manchester did a "fantastic job" in staging the UEFA Cup final despite the trouble involving Rangers fans - and insist no other city could have done it better.
Fifteen officers were injured, as well as a police dog, and 42 arrests were made.
UEFA communications director William Gaillard said: "Both the municipal government and Manchester police have done a fantastic job given they were faced with well over 100,000 fans coming from Scotland.
"I can't believe that any other city would have done anything better.
"Of course we are very disappointed with the behaviour of a small minority especially after the city had done everything it could to accommodate everyone's needs and were rewarded by injured policemen and hundreds of tons of rubbish.
"That was discouraging but although the trouble was reprehensible it was only a small minority - the usual suspects - involved and we feel that overall the challenge has been a tremendous success of the local organising committee."
