Craig Bellamy, Andy O’Brien, Shola Ameobi, Olivier Bernard and Alan Shearer were the guilty men, although to say the referee was a little picky would be an understatement.
Apparently UEFA termed the offence “improper conduct of the team” which is also a description that could apply to the performance during the penalty shootout in the second leg.
Still I suppose the £10million lost is punishment enough for that one.