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Liverpool chairman demands apology for French minister's comments

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French Sports and Olympic Games Minister Amelie Oudea-Castera arrives to attend the first weekly cabinet meeting of the new government at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France May 23, 2022. REUTERS

Liverpool chairman Tom Werner has demanded an apology from the French sports minister after she said that fans with fake tickets and the club's handling of their supporters were responsible for the trouble that marred the Champions League final last Saturday (May 28).

The match at the Stade de France, which Real Madrid won 1-0, was delayed by more than half an hour after police tried to hold off people trying to force their way into the ground. Some fans, including children, were tear-gassed by French riot police.

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