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Liverpool call on Uefa to "fully and transparently" implement the recommendations made in an independent report on the events before last season's Champions ...

This was a 'near miss' of a much more fatal situation. "Lessons must be learnt. "What should have been the highlight of the season for travelling supporters of Liverpool and Real Madrid - in Uefa's words a 'festival of football' - turned out to be a maelstrom of chaos and alarm that led to some fans fearing for their life," the group said. Uefa and French authorities initially blamed ticketless Liverpool fans for the events, but the report - released on Monday - said there was "no evidence" to support the "reprehensible" claims. The club added the "fundamental safety failings" had "exacerbated the suffering" of the families, friends and survivors of Hillsborough. Liverpool want Uefa to "fully and transparently" fulfil recommendations made in an independent report on the events before last season's Champions League final in Paris.

Liverpool welcomed a review into the 2022 Champions League final which said organisers UEFA were responsible for the chaos before the game, calling on the ...

"... "The evidence-based panel report also found that there was 'a clear and immediate danger of a fatal crush' and that the action of Liverpool supporters saved lives." Feb 14 (Reuters) - Liverpool welcomed a review into the 2022 Champions League final which said organisers UEFA were responsible for the chaos before the game, calling on the European soccer governing body to "take positive and transparent action" to ensure the safety of fans.

Mohamed Salah is hoping Liverpool's 2-0 Premier League win over Everton in Monday's Merseyside derby could herald a new beginning for the struggling side as ...

"This has started last week in training. Register for free to Reuters and know the full story While Salah was happy to have snapped a five-game scoreless streak, he said the win mattered more for Liverpool as they eye a top-four finish to qualify for the Champions League next season.

Work of supporters on the night in Paris and during the months after ensured that attempts by those in power to blame them failed.

The scale of social grief and searing sense of injustice forms an inherited trauma that even those of us not yet born on 15 April 1989 have ingrained into our DNA. Their work rendered explaining the fiasco straightforward, instilled a sympathetic view in the international press and public and meant those seeking to protect their reputations with mistruths were unable to do so. After nine long months the independent panel commissioned by Uefa to investigate the disarray has released its report.

Liverpool, struggling in the league, revived on Monday by winning the traditional Mersey derby 2-0 against Everton, their first Premier League success of ...

Still, the team's erratic form has been hard for fans to accept, with the Champions League their only realistic trophy hope this season. The Reds doubled the lead just after the break, again on a counter. After sprinting all the way up the field, the Egyptian victoriously took over the cross of his Uruguayan friend without control (1-0, 36th).

Liverpool has urged European soccer's governing body to ensure supporter safety is the top priority at matches after...

“The shame — beginning with the stadium billboard announcing kickoff was delayed due to fans arriving late, supporters being tear gassed and pepper sprayed, pickpocketed and attacked, people frightened they were going to die — is on them.” “This is where the hard work really needs to start now,” he said. Security issues also marred the UEFA-run European Championship final at Wembley Stadium 10 months ago.

UEFA-appointed investigators said the football body bears the "primary responsibility" for security failures at the 2022 Champions League final.

"While we have not seen a full copy of the report, early indications suggest that its conclusion echoes what Leigh Day have said all along, fans were seriously let down by UEFA. French police were blamed in the report for wrongly assuming that Liverpool fans posed a threat to public order, and for using "weaponry'' like tear gas and pepper spray. "Institutional defensiveness, putting reputation and self-interest above truth and responsibility, prevents progressive change,'' the report said. But even more concerning is the realisation that for families, friends and survivors of Hillsborough, Paris has only exacerbated their suffering." The independent French Senate report published in July 2022 found Liverpool supporters were unfairly and wrongly blamed for the chaotic scenes to divert attention from the real organisational failures. "We knew that it was critical to understand why both Liverpool and Real Madrid supporters found ourselves in the situation where supporters' safety was put at risk.

Bringing Liverpool fan Daniel Nicolson back to the Stade de France was a chance for him to retrace a night he would rather forget.

And the International Olympic Committee told Sky News it has been assured changes recommended will be implemented at stadiums before then - at the men's Rugby World Cup later this year. But the vast amount of footage quickly quashed the attempt at a cover-up. But it's now time for UEFA to act upon those recommendations. "It exonerated us of any involvement in the absolute shambles that happened here. The review concluded the lack of coordination and control - outside of UEFA's remit to dictate instructions to police - flowed from a strategy that viewed Liverpool fans as a threat. The routes Liverpool fans were directed to follow from a train station were long and chaotic.

Lawyers preparing imminent legal claims against Uefa on behalf of Liverpool supporters who suffered injury and trauma at last May's Champions League final ...

Tony Winterburn, partner at Pogust Goodhead, said: “This is a hugely damning report for Uefa, which clearly strengthens the case we are bringing on behalf of Liverpool fans. When publishing the report, Uefa repeated an apology made to supporters of both clubs after the final. “It was the worst day of my life and I’m still dealing with the issues now,” he said. Of the refund scheme, they said: “It’s important to understand that what is required here is more than just a ticket refund. It’s about accountability and about learning lessons for the future. The central finding of the review panel, which was chaired by a Portuguese MP, Tiago Brandão Rodrigues, was that Uefa had “primary responsibility” for the safety failures that almost led to a “mass fatality catastrophe”.

Liverpool FC welcomes the Report into the chaos at the UEFA Champions League final in Paris which fully vindicates Liverpool fans while finding UEFA ...

Our thoughts go out to all our fans who have suffered as a result of Paris and we would remind them of the mental health support we put in place in the days following the disaster that was the UEFA Champions League final in Paris. We knew that it was critical to understand why both Liverpool and Real Madrid supporters found ourselves in the situation where supporters’ safety was put at risk. We also called on UEFA to launch a full independent and transparent investigation, in order to establish the facts.