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Liverpool Fans - "Europe's Worst"
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Reds fans labelled Europe's worst
|  Uefa have criticised Liverpool fans' behaviour
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A damning report by European football's governing body says Liverpool fans are the worst-behaved in Europe.
Uefa says Reds fans have been involved in more incidents in Europe during the past four years than any other club.
Ticketless fans caused trouble at May's Champions League final, although the club criticised security at the game.
Uefa spokesman William Gaillard said: "That was just the latest example. What other fans steal tickets from fellow fans or from the hands of children?"
Uefa's report will be handed to sports minister Richard Caborn on Tuesday.
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You must ask yourself why at the Champions League, with the same conditions, there was no trouble with the Milan fans - only the Liverpool fans
Uefa spokesman William Gaillard
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In it, Uefa paints a damning picture of the Anfield club's supporters' behaviour at the Champions League final against AC Milan in Athens, which the Italian side won 2-1.
Gaillard added: "We know what happened in Athens, and Liverpool fans were the cause of most of the trouble there.
"There have been 25 incidents involving Liverpool fans away from home since 2003 and these are in the report - most teams' supporters do not cause any trouble at all."
Liverpool have sent their own report to Uefa complaining about lax security measures at the final.
Many supporters with forged tickets or no tickets at all managed to gain access to the stadium.
Disorder broke out before kick-off when fans were held back because of congestion outside the ground.
Police told fans going through the penultimate checkpoint to slow down or even stop moving, then riot police formed a line to stop other fans joining queues to move through the checkpoint.
Former Conservative leader and Liverpool fan Michael Howard was at the game and said ticket checks at the stadium were "a joke".
Fans were already aggrieved over Uefa's ticket allocation for the Champions League final, with the governing body making 17,000 tickets available to each club for a stadium that had a capacity of 63,000. Of those tickets, Liverpool were able to make just 11,000 available to fans because of obligations to sponsors and former players. But Gaillard said: "You must ask yourself why at the same match, with the same conditions, there was no trouble with the Milan fans - only the Liverpool fans."
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