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The 38-year-old spoke of his anger at sitting on the bench with the Gunners and attacked both Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger and the man who is currently the club's number one Manuel Almunia in an interview with Germany's Kicker magazine on Thursday.

"I stayed here to win the Champions League and I saw good chances to play, but I have not had these (chances) and that makes be very angry," he said.

The Germany number one was left to seething as he saw his dream ended for another year following the Gunners' 4-2 defeat at Liverpool in the quarter-final second leg on Tuesday.

"For me personally, it is a tragedy, particularly since I did not have a chance to prevent it," he said.

"I have had such thoughts (about being able to prevent defeats) ever since the coach took me out of the team following the 0-0 against Milan."

Lehmann turned down the chance to move to Borussia Dortmund during the winter break and pledged he would fight for his place in the Arsenal team.

In doing so, he may have compromised his chances of remaining first choice for Germany at Euro 2008, and Lehmann cannot believe that the gamble has not paid off with Almunia still standing ahead of him in the Arsenal goal.

"To be sitting on the bench behind somebody who only started to play when he was 30 is not funny," he added. "I am very angry."

Furthermore, Lehmann feels he has been treated badly by Wenger, claiming he has not been given a fair chance saying: "If the coach had spoken to me before the start of the season, then I would have been able to decide if I wanted to sit on the bench."