O'Neill ups heat in verbal feud

MARTIN O'NEILL yesterday reheated the verbal feud with Barcelona after accusing Thiago Motta of deliberately elbowing Bobo Balde in last week's UEFA Cup clash.

O'Neill ups heat in verbal feud

The Celtic manager and his opposite number Frank Rijkaard had very different views about who sparked the tunnel fracas which saw Motta and Robert Douglas sent off.

The Barcelona man claimed that Balde was the instigator and team-mate Philip Cocu has since taken a swipe at their opponents' physical tactics.

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