LONDON: British politicians and fans on Sunday condemned the treatment of fans around the stadium before Saturday鈥檚 Champions League final, when French police sprayed tear gas on Liverpool supporters.

Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis told Sky News on Sunday: 鈥淚t is concerning to see that people either didn鈥檛 get into the stadium or were ... treated with a very aggressive approach.鈥�

Earlier the politician who oversees the sector, Secretary for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Nadine Dorries, tweeted of 鈥渢roubling reports鈥� from the stadium.

A Liverpool MP from the opposition Labour Party, Ian Byrne, tweeted that 鈥淚鈥檝e just endured one of the worst experiences in my life. Horrendous security and organization putting lives at risk.鈥�

Merseyside Police said in a statement that there were 鈥渄istressing scenes at the match,鈥� where its officers were deployed.

The force insisted 鈥渢he vast majority of fans behaved in an exemplary manner.鈥�

Liverpool players were set to take part in an open-top bus parade through the city on Sunday afternoon despite losing in Paris. Police said the city would be 鈥渧ery busy.鈥�

Liverpool Mayor Joanne Anderson tweeted: 鈥淚 know many have had a distressing time,鈥� adding that she supported the club鈥檚 鈥渃all for an explanation into what happened before kickoff.鈥�

Liverpool supporters鈥� association Spirit of Shankly wrote on Twitter that 鈥淟ast night was totally shambolic & extremely dangerous 鈥� we are gathering evidence from fans & @FansEurope and will be making a statement later.鈥�

One fan, Paul Machin said in a YouTube video that what he witnessed in Paris was 鈥渦nlike anything I鈥檝e seen at a football match before,鈥� condemning 鈥渢otally and utterly reprehensible behavior from the French police who were an absolute disgrace.鈥�

Another fan, Andrew Whittle, told Sky News that 鈥淓veryone was just funneled into one place鈥� and the crush 鈥渨as a real Hillsborough sort of moment,鈥� referring to the 1989 stadium disaster at a Liverpool match.

Former Liverpool defender Jim Beglin tweeted that after the match 鈥渙rganized gangs set about mugging departing fans鈥� with 鈥渘ot a police officer in sight.鈥�

Another former Liverpool star Kenny Dalglish said on Twitter that 鈥渢he way they (fans) were treated by authorities was an absolute joke. Nobody should ever be afraid to go to a football game.鈥�

European football governing body UEFA blamed 鈥渇ake tickets which did not work in the turnstiles鈥� for a 35-minute delay to the final between Liverpool and Real Madrid.

UEFA said French police had fired tear gas to disperse thousands of frustrated fans who were building up outside the Stade de France as a result of the fake tickets issue.

But Liverpool said they were 鈥渉ugely disappointed鈥� that their supporters had been subjected to an 鈥渦nacceptable鈥� breakdown of the security perimeter at France鈥檚 national stadium.

UEFA said they were 鈥渟ympathetic鈥� to the fans affected and would review the situation together with local police and authorities, as well as the French Football Federation.

However, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin pointed the finger at the Liverpool fans, tweeting that 鈥淭housands of British 鈥榮upporters鈥� either without tickets or with fake ones forced their way through and sometimes behaved violently toward the stewards.鈥�