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Serge Aurier (AFP)
Serge Aurier (AFP)

Paris - Paris Saint-Germain defender Serge Aurier has followed the example of teammate Zlatan Ibrahimovic and apologised for his referee rant after the French club's fiery Champions League clash with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge last week.

The Ligue 1 champions progressed to the quarter-finals over the Londoners, on away goals after extra-time, despite Dutch referee Bjorn Kuipers showing Ibrahimovic a red card for a tackle on Oscar after half an hour's action.

A furious Aurier, who missed the London trip because of injury, later posted a video on his Facebook account in which he called Kuipers a "dirty son of a bitch".

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