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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
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Ben Turner & Wesley Holmes

Liverpool FC fans could be awarded £15m after shocking Champions League final scenes

Liverpool fans could be awarded a £15m in compensation after being tear-gassed by police and attacked by local gangs at last year's Champions League final.

Large numbers of Liverpool FC fans gathered outside the Stade de France on May 28 ahead of the 2022 UEFA Champions League match against Real Madrid. French police used tear gas and pepper spray on ticket-holders caught in the crush.

French authorities at first blamed the ugly scenes on Liverpool fans, whom they accused of storming the stadium with fake tickets – but an investigation found UEFA was primarily responsible for the organisational and safety failures in the run-up to the match.

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