Andy Robertson has laid the blame for the Champions League final chaos at UEFA's door, saying European football's governing body should have been better prepared.
And the Liverpool defender has also hit out at the French authorities for the treatment of fans outside the Stade de France in scenes that marred the European Cup final with Real Madrid in Paris.
Liverpool fans were subjected to heavy-handed tactics from riot police before the game on Saturday night as thousands of supporters were unable to make it into the ground, which caused a 36-minute delay of the game.
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Robertson said the disruption was not ideal from a preparation point of view but admitted the worries over family and friends outside was the biggest concern for Jurgen Klopp's squad.
The Scotland captain was critical of UEFA for their handling over the deeply unpleasant scenes that saw fans subjected to tear gass and pepper spray by the French police.
Robertson said: "You do your warm-up, you run and get ready for the game and get told it is half an hour’s delay. It is not ideal when you are playing the biggest game of your season. Then you have to press the reset button, get ready again.
"We obviously went back in and warmed up again, so for me, the biggest game in world football, these situations shouldn’t be happening and unfortunately UEFA have messed up today.
"We just tried to keep our legs moving, just tried to stay warm as good as we could, obviously the kick off got delayed by 15 minutes and then half an hour so we decided to go back on the pitch and keep it ticking over.
"It is not great, but I thought we started the game really well so I don’t think it impacted us for the start of the game, that is not the reason we lost but for the both teams and the referee, when you are playing the biggest game, when you are refereeing the biggest game, to have that delay, it shouldn’t really happen for me."
Robertson revealed that a friend who he had secured a ticket for was told it was a fake outside the ground in an incident that was indicative of how fans were treated as they tried to get inside the support Liverpool in the biggest game of their 63-match campaign.
He added: "All of us, all of us [had people we were worried about]. Obviously none of us were on our phones but when you come in after the game, go on your phone and you have seen everyone struggle to get in, the French police being pretty heavy-handed, people who have got legitimate tickets being told they are fake tickets, which happened to one of my mates and I can assure you it wasn’t a fake ticket so when it comes to, they have just panicked.
"[My mate] luckily managed to get in because one of the club representatives sorted it but they said it was a fake ticket which I can assure you it wasn’t so I think they were making it up at times and panicked. For me it shouldn’t really happen, UEFA should have been better organised.
"Luckily everyone is fine, obviously hope all the boys are fine and I don’t know whether any fans got hurt so we will find that out but fingers crossed everybody is okay, it’s never nice when these things happen, I am sure there is more of a panic for the fans who are actually involved in it.
"Hopefully everyone is fine, it is never nice especially when you are in a foreign country, you don’t know the lay of the land and things like that, it makes it a wee bit harder so hopefully everybody is okay."
