Jason McAteer has shared his horrific experience at last night's Champions League final that was overshadowed by what many people have described as an alarming lack of organisation as well as heavy-handed police tactics.
The 50-year-old alleged that his wife was mugged while his son was attacked while either making their way in or out of the Stade de France.
He wrote: "Last night was disgusting. My son attacked my wife mugged @UEFAcom very accountable as well as ground stewards and French police. Hope everyone is getting out of this shitshow safely."
His tale is just one of countless emerging from the European club showpiece which had its kickoff delayed by 36 minutes as so many fans were stuck outside trying to make it in on time for the original start time of 8 pm.
Social media footage has also appeared to show that fans were sprayed with either pepper spray or tear gas and funneled into bottlenecks in what looked to be very unsafe scenes.
Liverpool left-back Andy Robertson has also slammed the treatment of their fans while mentioning that one of his friends was accused of having a fake ticket by an official.
"Pretty much all of our families were affected, I think," the Scotland international told Sky Sports. "Obviously my tickets were through the club and somehow somebody told one of our mates he's got a fake ticket, which I can assure you it definitely wasn't because it was obviously through me.
"Then... the French police decided to throw tear gas on fans, on families and things like that. Look, it's not been well organised, you have to have some sympathy because it's been kind of thrown on Paris last-minute with all that's went on in Russia.
"But as a UEFA competition, as the biggest game in world football, it should be organised a lot better. Delays like that shouldn't be happening, and definitely the force that was used tonight by certain authorities shouldn't be happening either."
Liverpool have issued a statement demanding an official investigation into why their fans were treated in such a shabby manner.
It read: "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 club said.
"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."
On the pitch, the delayed game eventually went the way of Real Madrid. The first half ended goalless, with the Spanish side seeing a goal disallowed, but Vinicius Jr settled it in the second half.
It was the second time in five years that Liverpool had fallen short against Los Blancos in the final. Jurgen Klopp's side were beaten 3-1 in Kyiv in 2018, and lost by the same scoreline on aggregate in the 2020-21 quarter-finals.
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