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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Nina Massey

Liverpool fans’ claims against Uefa can be heard in English courts, judge rules

Police use pepper spray against fans outside the ground (Adam Davy/PA) - (PA Archive)

The legal claims of more than 800 Liverpool fans against European football’s governing body Uefa over the chaos of the Paris 2022 Champions League final can be heard in England, a High Court judge has ruled.

Serious congestion problems outside the Stade de France saw thousands of Liverpool fans penned in against perimeter fences and stuck in a motorway underpass ahead of the game against Real Madrid.

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