Former Liverpool captain Gary McAllister has been the victim of a street attack in Leeds.

The Sun says Rangers assistant coach McAllister was beaten up while waiting for a taxi in Leeds city centre in the early hours of Sunday morning, The Sun says.

He was allegedly punched in the face before wife Hayley, who had been out for a meal with her husband, tried to pull his attacker off him.

Police reportedly took the ex-Leeds midfielder to hospital where he remained from 3am until midday.

The attack is said to have left his face in "a mess" and he was left needing "10 to 12 stitches" in his top lip.

McAllister had spent Saturday at Anfield watching on as a Liverpool legends side took on AC Milan.

His wife apparently suffered injuries to her wrists in the struggle to restrain his attacker, the paper adds.