launched a furious tirade at referee Jesus Gil Manzano following ’s defeat to Frankfurt, accusing the official of ‘corruption’.
The Hammers’ European dream came to an end at the semi-final stage on Thursday night, crashing out of the competition after a 3-1 aggregate defeat to the Bundesliga side.
West Ham were reduced to 10 men after just 19 minutes with Aaron Cresswell given his marching orders with the Premier League side unhappy with a number of decisions on the night.
Footage has emerged of Rice confronting Manzano in the tunnel, shouting: ‘Ref, it’s so poor. All night, it’s so bad. How can you be that bad? Honestly, you’ve probably been f*****g paid. F*****g corruption.’
It is not clear whether the footage was taken at half-time or at full-time inside the Deutsche Bank Park.
Rice also his frustration in a post-match interview with BT Sport.
‘The sending off was probably a sending off looking back at it but some of the other decisions were poor tonight.
‘Nothing seemed to go for us. The ref seemed to make every decision go for them.
‘In the end, when you’ve got someone who is against you, you can’t really do much.’
David Moyes was also sent off during a bad-tempered contest after volleying a ball in anger and almost hitting a ball boy.
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