Liverpool supporters stage protest against UEFA at Anfield

Liverpool fans made their anger with UEFA clear as they booed the Champions League anthem ahead of Tuesday night's clash with Real Madrid at Anfield.

Home supporters voiced their displeasure after last week’s independent report put the blame for May’s chaotic Paris final at the governing body’s door.

'UEFA liars’ read one banner in the Kop and the Champions League anthem was drowned out by jeers and whistles.

A loud rendition of "f*** UEFA" echoed around the ground before the last-16 first leg got under way.

Ahead of last season’s final against Madrid, serious congestion problems outside the Stade de France saw thousands of fans penned in against perimeter fences and stuck in a motorway underpass.

Those same supporters, who had already been targeted by local youths trying to steal tickets, were then tear-gassed by police trying to alleviate further problems after a decision was made to close turnstile gates, but that only compounded the issue.

A report into the scenes found European football’s governing body bore "primary responsibility for failures" which almost led to a "mass fatality catastrophe".

There were renewed anti-UEFA chants in the 36th minute – the amount of time the kick-off was delayed by at the Stade de France.

Banners were held aloft in the Kop, including one imploring UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin and Martin Kallen, UEFA Events SA chief executive, to resign.

Another said "menteurs" – the French word for liars – alongside images of French interior minister Gerald Darmanin and sports minister Amelie Oudea-Castera with Pinocchio noses.

In the build-up to Tuesday’s game, BT Sport apologised to Liverpool supporters for its coverage of the chaos outside the Stade de France prior to last year’s final.

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