A police officer fires tear gas in the direction of a British supporter through the gates of the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, where the Liverpool-Real Madrid match will take place, on May 28, 2022. MATTHIAS HANGST/Getty Images via AFP
Story – The truth about the scandalous setting of the Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid at the end of May has finally emerged.
When he’s not sitting on the benches of the House of Commons at the Palace of Westminster in London, Ian Byrne is inevitably in the recesses of the Anfield stadium in Liverpool. And vice versa. Vermeil tie in one case, scarlet jersey in the other, always red. An English red. Before he was MP for the Liverpool West Derby constituency with the Labor Party label, the city native was a supporter of the Reds, a true one. “I’ve been going to Anfield since I was five. It’s a big part of my life .” Asked if he would attend the Liverpool-Real Madrid match in the Champions League round of 16 this Tuesday, he replied: “Unless I am in the middle of a debate in Parliament, of course.“But he wants to warn:”This match will bring back a lot of memories, not good ones…»
With his close-cropped salt-and-pepper hair, three-day beard and distinctly Liverpudlian accent, Ian Byrne’s deputy…
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