Former Chelsea and Leicester City midfielder Danny Drinkwater feels his career collapsed after clashing with Aston Villa teammate Jota.

The recently retired Drinkwater headbutted Jota at Villa training in 2020.

He told the High Performance Podcast: "It was after the Leicester game. So I've gone back to the King Power [to play]. It's away Villa vs Leicester and I think we get beat 4-1 or something.

"I didn't even get on the pitch. And I'm sat on the bench and I'm thinking 'f****** hell. This is a place [King Power Stadium] where I used to dominate week in week out here.'

"Anyone in football will tell you that the day after a game, if you've not played, they [the training] are absolute head-loss sessions.

"Nobody has played minutes and it's just to get some movement into your legs and it's just not nice at all as any player.

"So then we're in a game and me and the lad [Jota] end up having a little argument and it kind of carries on.

"He just tells me to shut up a few times too many and the next minute I know he's on the floor.

"As soon as I did that I felt like s***. Not because of what I did, but because of I knew that I had reacted to something that I didn't need to react to.

"I should've just walked away. I should have just let him say his piece and walked away.

"But I was in such a rut that I thought 'f*** now mate. You're getting it.' I should have just walked off."