Liverpool hero John Arne Riise has revisited his blazing row with Craig Bellamy this week, recounting how the Welshman 'took a swing' at him with a golf club.
The clash between the pair, which flared up during the run-up to a Champions League last 16 tie with Barcelona at the Nou Camp in 2007, has become the stuff of Anfield legend.
Bellamy, who was later fined for the attack, set upon Riise in his hotel room following a bust-up between the pair at a Karaoke Bar in the Algarve, where the Reds were undergoing a warm weather training camp.
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Despite the resulting scandal in the press, Liverpool emerged with a 2-1 win against the Catalan giants and, incredibly, both players found the net.
Bellamy even poked fun at the incident after his goal, running over to the corner flag before producing a now iconic golf-swing celebration.
Speaking on Filthy Fella's podcast this week, Riise has once again recounted how the incident panned out, stating how it all began over dinner at a local bar.
"On the last day, we were allowed to have dinner and a couple of drinks if you wanted. At the restaurant/karaoke bar we had a private room, and the whole dinner he [Bellamy] sat there saying 'Riise's going to sing, Riise's going to sing, I said 'no I'm not going to sing' but he just kept going.
"I didn't drink, some other people did, but after dinner, we went to karaoke, and he [Bellamy] took the microphone and he said 'Riise's going to sing' again. And I just lost it.
"I went up to him and said 'listen I'm not f****** singing so shut the f*** up or I'm going to smash you."
As it turns out, Bellamy didn't appreciate the full-back's threat, and went up to Riise's hotel room afterwards.
"I was rooming with Daniel Agger in the hotel, and then I could hear some keys in the door. I thought it might be Agger coming home, but then the lights came on. You know when you've been sleeping and the lights come on, full-on, you cant see, so I turned around and there's Bellamy with a golf club in his hands.
"So, I'm lying there in my bed, and Bellamy comes in, starts shouting 'I don't care what happens.' Then he took a swing at my shins."
Riise then explained how he did his best to diffuse the situation, offering Bellamy the chance to straighten things out the following morning, a proposal he initially accepted.
"The funny thing is though, well funny whatever? while I was standing there I'm thinking if I do something now I'll lose my career at Liverpool. I said to him 'let's meet tomorrow at 9 am, me and you tomorrow' so he agreed to do that.
"The morning after I walk to his room at nine o'clock with Agger, and knocked on his door he wasn't there.
"And then he came in five minutes later, didn't even look at me and stuff. Then we had a meeting with Benitez 'this case is closed' because we've got a game in two-three days, And then he [Bellamy] scored the first goal I score the winner that he assisted, we beat Barcelona 2-1 at Camp Nou."
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