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Ryan Babel leaps to Steven Gerrard’s defence after El-Hadji Diouf’s race allegation

Published 18:15 15 Sept 2015 BST

Gareth Makim
Ryan Babel leaps to Steven Gerrard’s defence after El-Hadji Diouf’s race allegation

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It looks like not everybody agrees with El-Hadji Diouf.

The former Liverpool forward made some extraordinary claims about Steven Gerrard, insisting that it was 'common knowledge' that Gerrard 'has never liked black people'. But another ex-Red has jumped to Stevie G's defence, with Ryan Babel saying Diouf has 'got it wrong'. Dutch winger Babel used his Twitter account to respond to a question about the Senegal man's claims: https://twitter.com/Ryanbabel/status/643803667594739713?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Having made such serious comments about the former England captain, we can expect to be hearing plenty more about El-Hadji Diouf in the coming days.