Furious Chelsea ace Didier Drogba confronted ref Tom Henning Ovrebo inside the players' tunnel at the end of their Champions League heartbreaker against Barcelona last night. The Sun says millions of stunned TV viewers saw Drogba square up to the ref on the pitch after he had rejected FOUR penalty appeals.
Mad Drog screamed obscenities at the TV cameras, forcing Sky to issue a rushed apology. Then the Ivory Coast star stormed down the tunnel and hurled abuse at Ovrebo.
An eye witness told The Sun: "Drogba was coming down the tunnel with ref Ovrebo alongside him. He kept shouting at Henning and the referee stopped.
"Drogba turned towards the ref and put his face just three or four inches from the ref's face and kept shouting. He told the ref 'This is a f***ing disgrace, you don't have respect, something like that can't happen. You can't do that'.
"All the time he used his hand to intimidate the ref further.
"He kept slamming his hand to the wall just inches from the ref's face. Ovrebo looked terrified - but never said anything."
Chelsea star Michael Ballack then joined in until the terrified ref ran back on to the pitch to avoid more confrontation.
The eye witness added: "Drogba looked crazy. He had lost control. But he never laid a finger on the ref, even though his behaviour was anything but civil."
Last night Ovrebo admitted to UEFA representatives at the match that he had made "significant mistakes" during the game.