Liverpool chief executive Billy Hogan is "incredibly surprised" by "deeply hurtful" comments made earlier on Monday by the French sports minister Amelie Oudea-Castera regarding the chaos before the Champions League final in Paris.

Oudea-Castera blamed Liverpool fans being "let out in the wild", but Hogan has responded by saying those comments were "deeply hurtful" to the club.

Liverpool supporters were unable to access the Stade de France smoothly ahead of the clash with Real Madrid, which had to be delayed for more than 30 minutes as a result.

Hogan's comments came in a Q&A discussing the club's response to the issues which affected Liverpool's travelling fans in the French capital.

He addressed Oudea-Castera, saying: "I would just say we are incredibly surprised that someone in that position would make comments in the first place at this point, when we haven't had adequate time to understand what happened.

"There hasn't been an independent investigation to establish all the facts. And as we said on Saturday, there needs to be that independent, transparent investigation into what happened at the match. That's the start of the process.

"So to be making comments at this stage, prior to any investigation being launched, is completely inappropriate. We should know all the facts to make sure that the scenes that we've all seen - absolutely disgraceful - from Saturday don't ever happen again.

"Making comments as deeply unhelpful as that, we just feel that everyone should be focused on getting the investigation right and less about making inflammatory comments that attempt to deflect responsibility for what happened on Saturday night.

"What I would say is that our fans were provided the UEFA information to travel to the stadium safely, which they did; they approached the stadium as directed and in good time. However, it was on arrival at the stadium when they experienced the issues.

"In regard to the comments, we were in complete disbelief when we were made aware of them earlier today. I think it's important that folks know that our chairman, Tom Werner, sent a letter to the French minister to articulate our views and is calling for an apology to our fans for those comments."

The club has asked supporters to fill out a feedback form to support the investigation into the operational management of the final.

The French Sports Minister has since commissioned a report on the troubles that marred the weekend's showpiece event. Oudea-Castera has asked Michael Cadot, the inter-ministerial delegate for large sports events, to produce the report within 10 days.

UEFA has also commissioned an independent report into the events to be chaired by Portuguese MP Dr Tiago Brandao Rodrigues.