Gary Lineker has praised the "remarkable patience" of Liverpool fans after a report into the horrific scenes surrounding the Champions League final in Paris exonerated them of any blame.
In the days following the final against Real Madrid, the French authorities including the Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin peddled false narratives about Reds supporters. Mr Darmanin falsely claimed "30-40,000 fake tickets" were in circulation, along with other claims about fans. He apologised weeks later for the bad management of the event but stopped short of extending the apology to Liverpool supporters.
And now a report from the French Senate has criticised the interior minister and made it clear that Reds fans - who had been "stereotyped", "misunderstood" and "identified as hooligans, throwing them back to the stereotypes of the 1980s" - were 'unfairly blamed' for what happened around the 1-0 loss to Madrid.
