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It's just ridiculous: Arsenal defender Clichy rages at team-mates as Toure rages at ref
Last updated at 15:57pm on 09.04.08Gael Clichy today slammed the manner of Arsenal's dramatic exit from the Champions League as "ridiculous".
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The French left-back was appalled by his team's failure to hold on to an away-goal victory at Liverpool last night after Emmanuel Adebayor made it 2-2 in the 84th minute.
Rafael Benitez's team ended up winning 4-2 in the quarter-final second leg at Anfield with two late goals, including Steven Gerrard's hotly disputed penalty.
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In denial: Kolo Toure protests his innocence after being given a yellow card for conceding last night's controversial penalty
Arsenal defender Kolo Toure insists referee Peter Frojdfeldt was wrong to award the spot-kick after he tangled with Liverpool winger Ryan Babel, but Clichy was more concerned by the lapses which led to the opportunity.
Clichy said: "We did well to score the first goal and to come back and get the game to 2-2. And at that point we were through. But what happened after that was really disappointing.
"To concede a goal like this, whether it is a penalty or not a penalty, may be disappointing but it is not unlucky.
"It is unreal to have had a chance like this, to score the equaliser and get to 2-2 and then to concede a goal only a few seconds after kick off. I can't find the words for it. It is just ridiculous."
But Toure's response was closer to manager Arsene Wenger's explanation for the defeat, insisting he did not commit a foul on Babel ahead of the penalty decision and that, if there was any contact, it was with Cesc Fabregas and outside the area.
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Fall guy: Toure tussled with Babel (top), lost him (middle) and then put an arm round him
No penalty: Kuyt tugs back Hleb in the quarter-final first leg
Shocked: Gael Clichy said the manner of the match's turnaround was 'really disappointing'
The Ivory Coast defender said: "We came back into it and then Liverpool got a penalty which was really hard to accept.
"The referee gave the foul against me, but I just moved away from him [Babel] and I think Cesc
