Benfica boss Jorge Jesus has given a candid account of his spat with then-Tottenham boss Tim Sherwood last season.
Jesus and Sherwood were involved in a heated argument during Benfica's clash against Spurs in the Europa League last 16 match last season.
The pair were close to coming to blows forcing the officials to step in order to avoid an altercation. Now nearly a year on from the fracas, Jesus has moved on to reveal why emotions were so heated during the time and what exactly caused Sherwood to blow his lid.
In an interview with FourFourTwo, the good friend of ex-Spurs boss Andre Villas-Boas said: "I told Andre that if we beat Tottenham I would give Sherwood a mauling in the press conference. I would have said that Tottenham were much better under Andre and now they had zero idea tactically.
"I had this in my mind during the game and I stepped into his zone by accident. He looked me up and down in that English way as if to say 'Portugueezer, your place is there: stay there, little guy'.
"I understood that look and he then stepped into my zone. That's when I told him to go away, saying 'back, back, back'. But he stayed put.
"That stayed in my head, and when we scored, I'm not sure why, it was instinctive, I did that little dance as if to say to him 'you're taking a hiding and don't even realise how'.
"This happened at 1-0 but then I remembered there was still a long way to go. I said to myself, 'Shut it, this could still turn around'. When we made it 3-1 I said to him: 'My name is Jorge. One, two, three'.
"He went ballistic - 'F you' to which I responded 'F you, f*** the b**** who gave birth to you'. I let it all out and the referee was there trying to separate us. But I was winning, so I was fine."