Liverpool have reacted with fury after the French government's latest attempt to blame their supporters for the chaos that erupted at Saturday's Champions League final.
On the day UEFA announced they would launch an independent inquiry into the awful scenes, Liverpool's patience with all they had heard from France snapped as they forcefully demanded retractions.
Liverpool chairman Tom Werner has written to Amelie Oudea-Castera, France's sports minister, demanding an apology for her claim that 30,000 to 40,000 people 'without tickets or with fake tickets' had been at the Stade de France.
And Liverpool chief executive Billy Hogan gave an impassioned interview about an occasion that had become the 'worst experience in many people's lives'.