Speaking at the French Senate on Thursday, police chief Didier Lallement said he was sorry for authorising the use of tear gas but felt he had no other option under the circumstances
"Maybe I was wrong, but it was constructed from all the information harvested.
Richard Bouigue, who is deputy mayor of the 12th arrondissement in Paris, later wrote a letter to a Liverpool supporters' group and said he"bitterly regrets" fans were"singled out for criticism". He was the first French politician to publicly apologise to British fans."I deplore the dysfunctions in the organisation of the game and the lack of maintenance of order that led to this real fiasco.
There have been suggestions Mr Rodrigues has links to UEFA president Aleksandar Ceferin and Liverpool is understood to be keen to ascertain the independence and scope of his review.
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