WHO IS TO BLAME?: At the Champions League final in Athens, several Liverpool fans with genuine tickets were refused entry to the Olympic Stadium, while others with forged tickets were allowed in. -- AP

It came ahead of a report that the BBC says will label the club's fans the worst on the continent.

Uefa will today announce the results of a probe into trouble at Athens' Olympic Stadium where, Liverpool lost 1-2 to AC Milan on May 23.

The report, backed by police statistics, will say Liverpool fans have caused problems at 25 away games since 2003, according to Uefa spokesman William Gaillard.

'Liverpool fans were the cause of most of the trouble in Athens,' the BBC reported him as saying.

'That was just the latest example. What other fans steal tickets from fellow fans or from the hands of children?'

Stealing from fellow fans is one of the accusations the report will make.

The problems in the Greek capital are well documented, as fans with tickets were unable to gain entry, while ticketless supporters got in.

The stadium was also filled to over-capacity as many entered the arena with forged tickets.

There was inadequate physical checking of tickets and some supporters walked in by waving tickets in the air.

Liverpool officials are furious that only their fans have been blamed.

Said chief executive Rick Parry on the club's website: 'The shortcomings in the management of the situation in Athens were apparent to anyone who was there.

'These latest comments should not deflect attention from that reality.'

The trouble followed criticism from Liverpool and their fans before the match over the size of the ticket allocation for the final of Europe's top club competition.

Both teams received 17,000 tickets for the 63,800-seat venue.

'I have a lot of sympathy with the Liverpool fans who paid their hard-earned money for genuine tickets but couldn't get in,' said British Sports Minister Richard Caborn after the final.

'The reasons for this need an urgent explanation.'

He will meet Uefa president Michel Platini today.

Said Parry: 'We produced a report for Uefa a week beforehand predicting, sadly, all of the things that did go wrong.'

AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, BLOOMBERG NEWS