Europe’s biggest night of football turned sour for Liverpool fans

The scenes outside the Stade de France in Paris for the Champions League final could have led to disaster, writes Ben Burrows

French police sprayed teargas at Liverpool fans outside the Stade de France on Saturday (Getty)

The biggest game in European football was overshadowed by events that happened outside of its stadium in Paris.

Real Madrid are European champions for a record-extending 14th time after they beat Liverpool 1-0 in Saturday evening’s Champions League final at the Stade de France.

But questions over how matters outside the ground unfolded will go on far longer than any post-mortems of what happened on the pitch.