Kendall blasts UEFA over Liverpool’s ‘wild card’

FORMER Everton manager Howard Kendall has launched an astonishing attack on the decision to allow Liverpool to defend their Champions League crown.

As Everton prepare to make their first appearance in the European Cup for 34 years, their former chief has revealed deep bitterness which remains over the way the Toffees were treated by UEFA in the days when Kendall’s team were English champions and denied a place in the tournament.

Kendall’s team were not allowed to compete in the European Cup in 1986 when all English sides were banned from Europe following Liverpool’s part in the Heysel disaster.