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LIVERPOOL manager Rafael Benitez has welcomed UEFA's decisive action after they charged Marseille following an incident at Anfield when an object was thrown at Steven Gerrard.
The Liverpool skipper appeared to be hit by a missile thrown from the Marseille fans' section as he went to take a corner in the first half of Liverpool's 1-0 victory.
European football's governing body yesterday confirmed that Marseille will answer the charge at a meeting of UEFA's control and disciplinary panel on December 11.
REDS fans are torn at the moment. We've been thrilled by the dramatic, come from behind victories we've witnessed which show the incredible character and spirit which exists in the present Reds' squad.
But we've also been concerned by the goals which have gone in and made those fantastic fightbacks necessary.
You can't keep doing that week in week out. That's not being negative, just truthful.
Because you know that if we give Chelsea a goal lead next Sunday it's going to be much, much tougher to come back than it was against Middlesbrough, Marseille, Manchester City and Wigan.
LIVERPOOL manager Rafa Benitez has praised UEFA's decision to move next Wednesday's Champions League clash with Atletico Madrid back to the Vicente Calderon Stadium.
Earlier this week, Atletico were ordered to play their next two matches in the competition at a neutral venue at least 300 kilometres away from the Spanish capital after crowd trouble against Marseille on October 1. A further one-match ban was suspended.
The move outraged Reds supporters, whose travel plans were thrown into chaos but after lobbying from Liverpool and the FA, UEFA have suspended all sanctions against the Spanish club until a full appeal hearing on October 31.
Story by Richard Down
LIVERPOOL FC fans breathed a sigh of relief last night after a Uefa U-turn allowed the club's game with Atletico Madrid next week to go ahead in the Spanish capital.
Atletico had been ordered by Uefa to play their next two Champions League matches at least 300 kilometres away from the Vicente Calderon Stadium after trouble during their match against Marseille on October 1.
The decision brought protests from Liverpool over the short notice of the switch, as many fans had already made travel arrangements for the game next Wednesday, October 22.
LIVERPOOL FC were today still waiting to hear whether or not their Champions League tie away to Atletico Madrid will be played in the Spanish capital after all.
Reports coming out of Spain overnight suggested Uefa was about to make a dramatic u-turn after earlier ruling that the game would have to take place at a neutral venue at least 300km away from Madrid.
The sanction, imposed after crowd disorder during Atletico's home game against Marseille on October 1, could now be postponed until after Liverpool's visit.
Story by Richard Down
ATLETICO Madrid were last night awaiting confirmation the stadium ban imposed by Uefa had been postponed and Liverpool will play at the Vicente Calderon next Wednesday.
European football's governing body ruled on Tuesday that the Spanish club must play their next two Champions League games at least 200 miles from the capital - a third game was suspended - while they were also fined £117,000.
The decision left 3,000-4,000 Liverpool supporters, who have booked match tickets, flights and hotels, unsure of where the game would be held and with their travel plans in chaos.
RAFA BENITEZ today gave Liverpool's supporters his full backing after UEFA switched the venue of the Reds' Champions League clash with Atletico Madrid.
Around 4,000 Liverpool fans were expected to travel to the Spanish capital for next Wednesday's game - only for their plans to be jeopardised by UEFA's decision to punish Atletico for recent crowd disorder by moving their next two Champions League home games to an as yet unspecified venue at least 300km away.
Benitez spoke out as it was revealed Anfield chief executive Rick Parry has asked the Football Association to urgently intervene in a bid to find a solution to the problem - one which does not unfairly penalise the Liverpool fans.
IMAGINE paying for a trip to New York to see a Broadway show - only to be told eight days before you travel that the performance would now take place in another American city 300km away.
Not that there is anything wrong with the Broadway theatre you were planning to visit, nor any of the other theatres in its immediate vicinity - in fact, the only reason for the show being shifted is that a previous audience had been badly behaved.
This, in effect, is what UEFA have done to thousands of Liverpool fans who had booked to see a football match in Madrid only to be told that, through no fault of their own, the game will not be taking place there.
Story by Mary Murtagh and Dan Kay
LIVERPOOL supporters who have booked trips to Madrid for next week's game against Atletico Madrid remained in a state of anger and confusion today.
Following UEFA's decision to move the game at least 200 miles away - to an as yet undecided venue - has caused chaos for supporters and their club.
Many fans face being out of pocket thousands of pounds after UEFA announced the change of venue as punishment for the violence and racist chanting in Madrid two weeks ago when Atletico played Marseille.
STEVEN GERRARD has spoken very openly and honestly about his role for England ahead of tonight's game in Belarus.
He's said he wants to produce his Liverpool form more often than he has done when playing for his country, but my message to him is a simple one.
You've got absolutely nothing whatsoever to apologise for, Stevie.
LIVERPOOL striker Fernando Torres has spoken of his disappointment after hearing his much anticipated return to Atletico Madrid in the Champions League looks set to be scuppered.
"After so much time waiting, it is the worst and most unexpected news that I could have heard," said the 24-year-old.
"I'm eager to go back. I don't know if it is definitive. I hope that a solution can be found.
ATLETICO MADRID president Enrique Cerezo is confident his side's Champions League match with Liverpool will go ahead at the Vicente Calderon, despite UEFA handing them a two-match stadium ban.
Atletico were given the punishment, along with a fine of around £120,000, for incidents during their Champions League home match with Marseille on October 1.
However, Cerezo said today: "The Atleti-Liverpool game will be played at the Vicente Calderon. We will appeal. I have faith that UEFA will do the right thing. I hope they listen to both sides evenly."
Story by Richard Down
OFFICIALS at Uefa last night issued an apology to 3,000 Liver- pool FC fans after throwing their travel plans into chaos by switching the club's next Champions League clash away from Madrid.
Liverpool's opponents, Atletico Madrid, have been banned from playing within 300km of the Span- ish capital and have to pay a £120,000 fine following racist crowd behaviour in their Marseilles tie earlier this month. That means, just eight days before the match, thousands of Liverpool fans have booked flights and hotels costing tens of thous-ands of pounds to and from the wrong city.
Uefa spokesman William Gaillard apologised to fans last night while UK sports minister Gerry Sutcliffe demanded the fine levied on Madrid should be used to help ease the financial burden being placed on LFC supporters.
FERNANDO TORRES has expressed his disappointment at the likelihood his dream return to Atletico Madrid has been dashed.
The Liverpool striker was due to return to the Vicente Calderon stadium to face his former club in their Champions League group clash on Wednesday.
But the fixture now looks almost certain to be played elsewhere after UEFA slapped a stadium ban on Atletico following incidents in the game against Marseille earlier this month.
AMIDST the fall-out from UEFA's latest masterclass in bungling bureaucracy, an opportunity surely now exists for those who claim to be running the game for the benefit of the 'footballing family' to prove just that.
The decision to move Liverpool's Champions League fixture against Atletico Madrid away from the Spanish capital just eight days before it is due to take place has thrown the travel plans of thousands of Reds into chaos through no fault of their own.
But chatting to a pal, Mark, who is one of the many who have seen one of the footballing trips of a lifetime potentially disappear up in smoke, it is blindingly obvious that there is a potential way out of this mess that can also go some way towards mending some of the bridges between those hoovering up the obscene amounts of money floating around the game and the mugs who keep providing it, ie us, the fans.
LIVERPOOL'S Champions League clash with Atletico Madrid has been switched to a neutral venue more than 300km away from the Spanish capital - just eight days before the game is due to take place.
UEFA has ordered the Spanish club to play their next two European games away from their home ground - the Vincente Calderon Stadium - following crowd disorder there during their last Champions League game against Marseille.
Liverpool were informed of the development this morning and are awaiting further information from European football's governing body.
UEFA does not care about football fans - that is the only logical conclusion that can be drawn from today's decision to switch Liverpool's Champions League game at Atletico Madrid just eight days before it is due to be played.
With thousands of Liverpool supporters having already made their travel arrangements at no little expense to themselves, the decision to move the game to a neutral venue more than 300km away is little more than an act of sabotage.
UEFA claim they are punishing Atletico for the crowd trouble and racist chanting which marred their recent home game against Marseille but the biggest victims of their punitive reaction are the Liverpool fans.
Story by Caroline Innes
AN exhibition of priceless footballing memorabilia is coming to Liverpool to mark Capital of Culture.
Uefa's Only A Game? display tells the personal stories of some of Europe's best-known players and uses football to highlight the 50th anniversary of the European Union.
It features a set of giant table-football figures and an interactive sphere which uses teams competing in the Champions League as locations for a hi-tech geography lesson.
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