Ashley Cole apologises for labelling FA a 'bunch of t**ts' after his evidence in John Terry trial is questioned Ashley Cole has hit back at an FA panel, seemingly calling them 'a bunch of twats', after it was claimed his evidence had been changed in the John Terry racism trial. Earlier today, the FA published its written reasons for finding Terry guilty of insulting Anton Ferdinand during a match between Chelsea and QPR at Loftus Road last season. The Chelsea captain was banned for four-matches and fined £220,000 after the FA found Terry's defence that he had not racially insulted the QPR defender was "improbable, implausible and contrived." In the written reasons, Cole's statement supporting Terry's version was questioned by the commission. In response, the former Arsenal defender took to Twitter. "Hahahahaa, well done #fa I lied did I, #BUNCHOFTWATS," he wrote. He later deleted the tweet, but not before it was re-tweeted more than 19,000 times. The defender has since apologised for his outburst, saying it was done in the 'heat of the moment.' In a statement released this afternoon, Cole said: "I had just finished training and saw the captions on the TV screens in the treatment rooms about what was said in the FA Commission ruling about me. I was really upset and tweeted my feelings in the heat of the moment. I apologise unreservedly for my comment about the FA. It adds: "All of this causes the commission to have very real concerns about the accuracy of Mr Barnard's recollections, and the motivation for the assertions that he makes in his witness statement about what Mr Cole said during the FA interview of him, particularly his alleged use of the word 'black'." Chelsea said Cole did not accept the criticism made of him by the commission. A club statement said: "Ashley co-operated at all times with the FA and stands by the evidence that he gave and does not accept the criticism that has been made." Chelsea added that they stand by Barnard completely and that he acted with complete integrity throughout the process. David co-operated fully with the FA at all times. He stands by his evidence and does not accept the criticism that has been made," the statement continued. It should also be noted that David was not given the opportunity to give oral evidence to the commission, so we feel any criticism is unjustified. Speaking at today's press conference ahead of Chelsea's match against Norwich, manager Roberto Di Matteo said they would look into Cole's outburst. We'll look at the tweet and then we'll see. Apart from this, I don't think the players are out of control," he said. Cole is in the current England squad for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers against San Marino and Poland - which if he features in both games, will see him reach 100 caps.