
The treatment of Liverpool fans by French police at the Champions League final was based on a misconceived link between the Hillsborough disaster and hooliganism, according to a government report on the chaos at the Stade de France.
French deployed riot police and Liverpool fans were attacked with teargas outside the stadium, with the 30-page report admitting the French police’s heavy-handed tactics were informed by incorrect stereotypes rather than the behaviour of Liverpool fans at the final.