Brentford captain Christian Norgaard says he has apologised to Gabriel Martinelli after Saturday's 1-1 draw with Arsenal.
Martinelli accused the midfielder of a potential "leg breaking" tackle during the clash.
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“He accepted my apology and shook my hand,” said the Brentford skipper.
“He thought the tackle was maybe harder than I did, but he was fine and (Declan) Rice as well - he said it’s part of football, you try and make these tackles to stop transitions and there was no evil intention in the challenge.
“Looking back at it, maybe it was a bit harder than I wanted it to be, but I would never set out to hurt a player intentionally.
“Sometimes you end up in situations like I did with Jordan Pickford at Everton, where I got a straight red card (which was overturned), but it was never intentional.”