Poland defender Kamil Glik has told his side of the story after an incident with England's Kyle Walker in the nations' 1-1 draw on Wednesday.
The pair clashed during the World Cup qualifier in Warsaw when the Polish stalwart appeared to pinch Walker above his neck before half-time.
With Glik dedicating the majority of his night to agitating the Three Lions, tempers flared as the teams made their way into the tunnel at a packed PGE Narodowy.
Referee Daniel Siebert then showed both Glik and England centre-back Harry Maguire yellow cards for their behaviour in the skirmish.
Now the 33-year-old has revealed his view of the incident, which Gareth Southgate said his team were "gathering evidence" of.
Glik told native outlet TVP following the heated encounter: "It was an ordinary field jostling. It all started with a free-kick for us.
"There was a fight for position, a scuffle. I tried to shake Walker's hand, but he wouldn't take it," he revealed. "It was a verbal scuffle nothing else happened."
Southgate, who was critical of the amount of fouls Paulo Sousa's side were allowed to get away with without receiving bookings, said to BBC Radio 5 live: "We’re getting to grips with what that was.
"There’s been a report put in and we need to find out a little bit more about what’s happened. At the moment we’re still gathering all the evidence so there’s no point in me speculating any further."
Asked again during his press conference, he reiterated: "We’re trying to find out exactly what happened and when we know more then we will let people know."
In Poland, Glik was praised for his warrior-like performance before having to be substituted in the 80th minute due to a knee injury.
The Benevento man recovered quickly, though, being able to join in the jubilant celebrations when Damian Szymanski scored a 92nd-minute equaliser to cancel out Harry Kane's opener.
In a game where clear-cut chances were at a premium, the Three Lions broke the deadlock after 72 minutes through a piece of long-range magic from captain Kane, aided by some dubious goalkeeping from former Arsenal stopper Wojciech Szczesny.
Southgate's side then invited pressure from the Poles, who began to feed talisman Robert Lewandowski in the dying embers.
After Brighton & Hove Albion midfielder Jakub Moder spun Walker out wide, Karol Linetty's shot was deflected into Lewandowski's path, who demonstrated his play-making ability to pick out substitute Szymanski on the edge of the six-yard box.
Jordan Pickford, who was fortunate not to concede minutes earlier after his clearance cannoned back off striker Karol Swiderski towards goal, stood no chance at saving the late header.
It ended England's 100% record in qualifying and handed Sousa's men what could prove to be an invaluable point in Group I.
The Three Lions travel to Andorra next in October before welcoming Hungary to Wembley.
