A British soccer fan lost a finger in a gruesome injury as he celebrated his team scoring a late equalizing goal

• A West Ham fan lost a finger while celebrating a goal in the Europa League on Thursday night.
• Video of the fan's severed finger was posted on social media, with desperate fans begging for help.

A West Ham United fan lost a finger while celebrating his side's second goal in its 2-2 draw with Belgian side Genk in the Europa League on Thursday night.

According to Sportsmail, the supporter lost his finger when it was caught in the fence after West Ham's Saïd Benrahma had scored his second goal of the night at the Cegeka Arena in the Belgian city in the 82nd minute.

The severed digit was then placed on a fence by a steward for horrified onlookers to see, footage posted to social media showed. Insider is choosing not to share the footage.

In footage posted to Twitter, the bloodied, detached finger can be seen on the floor, before the steward picks it up. As the steward places it on the side of the fence, fans can be heard yelling "It's his finger!" and requesting that it is put on ice.

The Mirror reports that other supporters raced to request medical attention for the stricken fan, who was then treated in the stadium.

It is unclear if the supporter, who has not been identified, was able to have his severed finger reattached.

West Ham did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Insider about the fan's finger.

On the pitch, the action was certainly not as gruesome, but nevertheless entertaining.

David Moyes' side, which had won all three of its Grup H matches going into Thursday's clash, went behind in just the fourth minute when Genk's Joseph Paintsil fired home from inside the box.

Benrahma equalized for the visitor after the break, before the Algerian then scored what appeared to be the winner late on, dribbling masterfully past Mujaid Sadick and prodding the ball under keeper Maarten Vandevoordt.

But the Hammers' hopes of maintaining its perfect record in the competition came to an end with just a minute to play when midfielder Tomas Soucek headed into his own net to complete the scoring and hand Genk a well deserved point.

Moyes told West Ham's official website after the match: "It was a test for us, it really was. In the first half, we didn't start the game as well as we have done, but credit to Genk because they did.

"More for them, I think they probably felt they had to go for it in some way, but we knew it and we didn't sort of match them as well as I'd hoped."