CRAIG BELLAMY has claimed his fight against John Arne Riise in 2007 was not the craziest event of the night involving a Liverpool star.
Days before Liverpool's clash with Barcelona in the Champions League last-16, Bellamy had astonishingly attacked Riise with a golf club after the Norwegian refused to sing at a karaoke drinking session.
Bellamy had wandered into Riise's room and attempted to hit him with one of his golf clubs, however, Riise managed to dodge the blow.
The headlines at the time were made by the pair, but Bellamy has now lifted the lid on another stunning event from that night.
Speaking on the Overlap with Sky Bet, Bellamy claimed that Champions League final hero Jerzy Dudek had headbutted a security officer after refusing to leave a bar and was then put in a riot van where he was taken to the police station.
Rafa Benitez then intervened to get the player released.
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Bellamy said: "As I was about to enter my hotel room, the players were coming back, they all steamed into our room and trashed it – it was one of these double-floor rooms, with a downstairs kitchen.
"Steve [Finnan] comes into my room in the morning and says Pako [Ayestarán] and Rafa [Benítez] are downstairs, and they want to see you.
"I go downstairs, and there’s plates everywhere. He’s looking round, and he asks me to tell him what happened.
"I told him the truth – I couldn’t get out of this one. I thought it was alright – believe it or not – because there was a madder story before it."
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Bellamy then claimed on the Sky podcast: "Jerzy Dudek was out in the evening that same night. He was told to leave the bar and wouldn’t leave. They brought security in and then brought the police in.
"As he was being wrestled by the police, he headbutted a security officer, and he had to be put in a riot van.
"That night, Rafa had to go into the police station, get Jerzy out, and then Riise had gone to see him, and he had to deal with me. I was thinking I might’ve gotten away with this one, but no – it was bad."
Dudek himself has not spoken about the alleged incident.
Liverpool were miraculously not impacted by their shenanigans, coming away with a 2-1 win at the Nou Camp with both Bellamy and Riise scoring.
Bellamy even mocked his story by swinging a pretend golf club in celebration of his goal.
The Reds then lost the home leg 1-0 and but went through on away goals.
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