Former Liverpool midfielder Steve McManaman has played down the incident involving defender Joe Gomez and Manchester City forward Raheem Sterling during the international break.
Gareth Southgate made Sterling sit out of the Three Lions' win against Montenegro following a clash with Gomez after their arrival at the training camp, the day after City 's 3-1 defeat at Anfield.
The spat attracted plenty of headlines and was the main talking point prior to England 's match at Wembley, where victory for Southgate's side secured their spot at next summer's European championships.
However, McManaman has revealed that the atmosphere after the clash was relaxed and played down the significance of the incident, adding that he was at the hotel.
“To be honest, there are always clashes in training - when you live and play football every single day, there’s always heated incidents on the training ground," he wrote in his HorseRacing.net column .
“When the intensity is high and people are playing for places, you may get away with a tackle or a pull of the shirt and people get frustrated, it happens all the time.
“To me it was nothing; it was over in 10 seconds, both the players were fine and I was actually there on the day it happened at the hotel and it was quite relaxed afterwards.”
Gomez was booed when introduced as a substitute during England's 7-0 drubbing of Montenegro last week and McManaman slammed the action of those supporters.
"I thought it was absolutely ridiculous what happened with Joe Gomez being booed at Wembley, but that is just part of what happens when a story gets out - people start taking one side or the other. In the world we live in now, it’s physically impossible to keep anything quiet anymore, and I think that’s the sad thing about it.
"I don’t think Jurgen Klopp necessarily has to give him any backing by starting him against Crystal Palace on Saturday. I think if everyone is fit, he will probably go with the team that beat Manchester City, and if Joe plays it will be because he is a fantastic player - that’s all."
