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By Danny Wright

Former Arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann says he may turn his back on the game due to poor officiating in Germany’s top division.

The Stuttgart stopper hit out at the standard of refereeing in his homeland’s top flight after picking up his third booking of the campaign in Sunday’s 2-2 draw with Eintracht Frankfurt.

Lehmann was cautioned for dissent, completing a hat-trick of yellows for the outspoken 39-year-old, who left Arsenal in the summer.

The keeper fumed: “I may as well not bother playing in future. I didn’t even say anything nasty to the referee,”

“Surely there are better ones. Things can’t go on like this. It’s sad for the whole of the Bundesliga.”

He added: “What that man did was unbelievable. A Frankfurt player feigned an injury so we could not counter-attack,”

“The referee said he had to stop play for the injury and then the man stands up and doesn’t even leave the field to be treated,”

“I told the referee, ‘Look! There he goes!’ and he shows me a yellow card - incredible.”