Liverpool legend Alan Kennedy says he had to be 'helped over a barrier' by supporters amid the chaos outside the Stade de France on Saturday.
Jurgen Klopp's side were defeated 1-0 by Real Madrid, but matters on the pitch were overshadowed by appalling scenes outside the ground that saw supporters waiting for hours to gain access to the game. Video footage has emerged showing police pepper-spraying and tear-gassing supporters waiting outside the gates.
Kennedy, who made over 300 appearances for the Merseyside club between 1978 and 1985, was in attendance in Paris but found himself caught up in the chaos.
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He told BBC Radio 5 Live : "It's being sensible in that situation, forget about kick-offs because the kick-off was delayed by half-an-hour, just getting in safely and making sure others around you as well can get in safely. That was the main point and I was helped over the barrier to get to safety, it is really all about safety whether you're young or old like me, you have to take safety into consideration.
"We've seen the tragedies over the years and we don't seem to learn from this. There will be meetings but it's a big concern about just before the game starts, we need to find out what the problems were, whether it was ticketing. I think we had a problem with the tickets, the scanner didn't work too well when we went through. It was so, so frustrating, it really was.
"There was a lot of agitation from the fans. The crush was the main concern for me. Of course I just wanted to get to one side suddenly I found myself getting hauled over the fence and the fence must've been at least six foot, seven foot high and ended up on top of a van. I then was taken to a point where I was given a glass of water by Jason McAteer, would you believe, and fortunately I was ok.
"There were a lot of fans in distress at that time. We were supporting Liverpool and going towards the block that we should've gone to. But there was no way we could get there within that period of time before kick-off, there were too many people, some coming from sideways, some going straight on, some were going towards us. These are fans who didn't know where to go, honestly it was absolutely chaos at the time, it was very, very frightening for me because I was following my son and he was taking me the right way but unfortunately we got sidetracked, pushed to one side and I tried getting over the fence just to get out of the way of the crowd of people."
French authorities continue to point the blame at Liverpool supporters, despite huge numbers of witnesses and journalists disputing their claims. Liverpool MP Ian Byrne has also called for an investigation into events that look place.
