The German Football Association have asked Ryan Babel to explain comments published on his Twitter account in which he criticised referee Thorsten Kinhofer, who sent him off at the weekend.
The Hoffenheim forward was shown two yellow cards in a matter of seconds in his side’s 3-1 defeat to Hertha Berlin on Saturday.
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