Sat May 28, 2022 7:23 pm
Liverpool fans and even a BBC journalist have been pepper sprayed and also reports of tear gas being used. Looks like mainly down to poor organisation of getting fans into the stadium on time and a few ticketless fans jumping the fence, the journo said the fans are behaving themselves. The BBC journo who arrived at 7pm commented it was chaotic and clear that fans would not get into the stadium by 9pm, he also said fans were getting crushed at the outer perimeter.
Sat May 28, 2022 11:48 pm
Liverpool v Real Madrid: Champions League final kick off delayed by 'security reasons' -
Liverpool have called for an investigation into the "unacceptable issues" faced by fans which led to their Champions League final against Real Madrid being delayed.
Uefa delayed kick-off by more than 30 minutes, citing "security reasons".
The match at the Stade de France in Paris did not do start until 20:36 BST, with Real beating Liverpool 1-0.
Police outside the ground fired tear gas as a small number of supporters tried to climb over security barriers.
Pictures had emerged in the build-up of huge crowds of fans queuing to get in.
Many claimed they had been at the stadium hours before kick-off but were stopped from getting into the ground.
"We are hugely disappointed at the stadium entry issues and breakdown of the security perimeter that Liverpool fans faced this evening at Stade de France," the Anfield club said in a statement.
"This is the greatest match in European football and supporters should not have to experience the scenes we have witnessed tonight.
"We have officially requested a formal investigation into the causes of these unacceptable issues."
European football's governing body Uefa said it was "sympathetic to those affected by these events and will further review these matters urgently together with the French police and authorities, and with the French Football Federation".
"In the lead-up to the game, the turnstiles at the Liverpool end became blocked by thousands fans who had purchased fake tickets which did not work in the turnstiles," it explained.
"This created a build-up of fans trying to get in. As a result, the kick-off was delayed by 35 minutes to allow as many fans as possible with genuine tickets to gain access.
"As numbers outside the stadium continued to build up after kick off, the police dispersed them with tear gas and forced them away from the stadium."