sport news Aleksander Ceferin issues apology to Liverpool fans for last season's Champions ... trends now 'There is not a single person in UEFA who is not terribly sorry': Aleksander Ceferin issues a grovelling apology to Liverpool fans for last season's Champions League final nightmare in Paris and admits blaming the chaos on ticketless fans was 'a mistake' By Kieran Lynch For Mailonline Published: 11:32 GMT, 15 March 2023 | Updated: 11:32 GMT, 15 March 2023 Viewcomments UEFA president Alexsander Ceferin has apologised for last season's Champions League final turmoil involving Liverpool fans in Paris. In his first response to an independent panel's report, which found UEFA 'primarily responsible' for the chaotic scenes, Ceferin has ensured that UEFA will ensure the situation is not repeated in the future. Fans were were pushed into bottlenecks and teargassed outside the stadium where Liverpool lost last year's final 1-0 to Real Madrid. The panel found no evidence to support claims made by UEFA and French authorities that ticketless Liverpool fans were at fault for the ugly scenes. In an interview with Gary Neville's The Overlap YouTube channel, Ceferin said that that the French police had not communicated with UEFA and promised the governing body would do what they can to avoid a repeat of Paris. UEFA president Alexsander Ceferin has issued a groveling apology to Liverpool supporters There were bottlenecks outside the stadium the stadium in Paris with fans teargassed Ceferin has admitted that blaming the chaos on ticketless fans was a mistake by UEFA He said, as per the Times: 'I feel sorry for what happened and we will make sure that it doesn't happen again, that's the most important thing for me. 'When I went to the match, I had a meeting with the King of Spain and someone came and said there is a problem with some entrances with the fans. We didn't know how serious that was back then, because Uefa does not have jurisdiction outside the stadium. The French police did not communicate with us. 'Trust me, there is not a single person in Uefa who is not terribly sorry, and the main topic of conversation is how to make sure that it does not happen again. Thank God, nothing terrible happened. 'We have to have better communication with the local authorities because in London [at the Euro 2021 final] again it was not Uefa who should protect outside the stadium, it was local police and, obviously, not very successfully. 'We are doing everything we can and we will not let it happen again.' Ceferin also accepted that UEFA's initial statement blaming ticketless fans was a 'mistake' on their side. He added: 'It was hard to check what was right and what was wrong, we got some strange information. I really didn't know the scale of the thing that was happening.' More to follow... Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site (dailymail) and under his responsibility