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Djib - has difficulty swallowing it

Chalk and cheese... Djibril Cisse (still a Liverpool player) has hit out at Rafa in French footie mag L'equipe.

"I keep a fantastic memory of England, even if I still hold a grudge for the coach," Cisse told L'Equipe.

"I have still not swallowed it. Maybe I will never swallow it. I am still very upset.

"Liverpool remains the place where I have suffered the most as a footballer, above all during the last season. I scored 19 goals and I never played!

"The coach and myself were not compatible.

"On a psychological level, it was very hard because I restrained myself a lot. I didn't do or say anything."

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