Supporters groups welcome UEFA commitment to implementing report recommendations

Liverpool fans were initially blamed for the congestion amid suggestions that many had arrived without valid tickets.

Liverpool fans stuck outside the Stade de France show their match tickets ahead of last season’s Champions League final (Adam Davy/PA)

Supporters groups have welcomed UEFA’s commitment to implementing the recommendations of a damning report into the chaos which surrounded last season’s Champions League final.

Fans representatives met with the governing body in Liverpool on Tuesday to discuss the findings of an independent review into the events which unfolded in Paris as thousands of Liverpool fans were penned in against perimeter fences and stuck in a motorway underpass ahead of May’s game against Real Madrid.