Former Tottenham striker Peter Crouch said Paddy Power’s From the Horses Mouth podcast: "The dressing room is underneath the stadium and there are tiers upon tiers of fans and you can hear them.
"I’m sat in the dressing room with a towel over my head, hearing goal after goal after goal going in and I’m thinking: ‘that’s down to me’. That was a low point and a big regret.
"I do have a little excuse when it comes to the cards though. The first one was me being excitable, so I can give the referee that. It was a tackle on Sergio Ramos.
"For the second one, I went to block a ball down the line from Marcelo and I did dive in a bit, but I didn’t touch him.
"He’s jumped up in the air and rolled around, and there is a camera angle where you can see he looks at the referee and he celebrates as the red card comes out then he jumps back up.
"I’ve never wanted to punch anyone more in my life! For them, that was seen as a win. They’ve won the game and they played me. I was naive to let myself get caught up in that."
Crouch is referring to the first-leg quarter-final of the 2011 Champions League, where Real Madrid won 4-0 against Spurs. It was a long time ago but clearly, the former England star is not ready to let it go.
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