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Stephen Killen & Richard Garnett

'Not a great moment' - Craig Bellamy lifts lid on notorious golf club incident with Liverpool team-mate

Craig Bellamy has spilled the beans on his notorious bust-up with team-mate John Arne Riise that bizarrely inspired one of Liverpool's most famous European away victories.

Anyone who was at the Nou Camp the night Liverpool came from behind to defeat a Lionel Messi and Ronaldinho-inspired Barcelona 2-1 in their own back yard in 2007 will never forget the match. But even more supporters will recall the controversial incidents that preceded the Champions League last-16 first-leg encounter.

A warm weather training camp descended into farce when reports surfaced, claiming that things had got out of hand at the Barringtons Golf and Health Club, in Vale do Lobo, Algarve on a Friday evening. One of stories to emerge suggested that a Liverpool player - Bellamy - head threatened to wrap a golf club around the neck of one of his team-mates - namely Riise.

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