India, Dec. 13 -- West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said on Saturday that she was "deeply disturbed and shocked" by the "mismanagement" witnessed at Salt Lake stadium during footballer Lionel Messi's visit.

Her remarks come after some people lost their cool and hurled bottles and chairs at the Yubha Bharati Krirangan Stadium in Kolkata's Salt Lake after they did not get a proper glimpse of footballer Lionel Messi.

Banerjee extended her apologies to the ace footballer and also to sports lovers over the incident and said that she was on her way to way to the stadium to attend the same event.

"I am deeply disturbed and shocked by the mismanagement witnessed today at Salt Lake Stadium. I was on my way to the stadium to attend the ...