Liverpool star was handed 18-match ban after X-rated dressing room row sparked mutiny

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SportFootballLiverpool FCFrance take on Spain at the World Cup tonight and one ex-Liverpool man may be watching on through his fingersAs France takes on Spain in the World Cup semi-finals tonight, watching the tournament may bring back haunted memories for one former Liverpool man.Nicolas Anelka was hit with an 18-match ban and dumped out of the France squad following a furious dressing room row with the manager. The team exited the pitch at halftime goalless and Anelka felt the full wrath of Domenech's words in the dressing room."I was frustrated going into the locker room,” Anelka recalled.

When he called out my name with all that pent-up frustration it just came out because I didn’t like it. I didn’t like that he called me out by name as if I were guilty, as if it were all my fault."I took it as an attack.

He had to know I was frustrated. He had to know I was a volcano about to erupt."Anelka was dropped from the squad and told to apologise for his outburst, but he refused and the team declined to train in support of their striker.