The game was played Competition against the backdrop of escalating football hooliganism ; English clubs had been banned Preventing_or_letting from European competition Competition as a result of the Heysel Stadium disaster over three months prior , and fears were being raised Bringing , notably by Scotland 's manager Jock Stein , that the British government , led Giving by Margaret Thatcher , was seeking to lead Change a `` crackdown '' on football supporters generally , and that trouble at the highly charged Judgment_communication game at Ninian Park would give Giving them an excuse to extend Change_event_time this from just England to the other Home Nations .

They were the first English club to win Getting Europe 's premier club football tournament since 1984 and were also the first English club to reach Achieve a Champions League final since the Heysel Stadium disaster and the subsequent banning of English clubs from all UEFA competitions between 1985 and 1990 .

Liverpool , who had been forced Request to serve an extra year over all other English clubs as they had been the team present at the Heysel disaster which had sparked Causation the ban in 1985 , was England 's representatives in the competition Competition , and ultimately reached Arriving the quarter-finals .