Newcastle United’s squad were separated on their journey back from London after the 4-0 hammering at Arsenal.
However, United sources insist that there was no post-game disagreement and Nabil Bentaleb, Danny Rose, Allan Saint-Maximin and Christian Atsu took a train home by choice.
After a bumpy plane journey to the capital, United offered players a choice of travel.
Footage emerged online of one fan confronting Newcastle players in their seats after the heavy defeat and there was some speculation of a fall-out in the dressing room afterwards but that was not the case. The rest of the squad took off on time and there were no delays.
Steve Bruce held a dressing room inquest after United’s last heavy defeat at Leicester City, but insisted after the game there had been no repeat.
Bruce replied: "None of us at half-time would have seen that.
"We knew Arsenal would come with more intensity in the second half, and we’ve given a poor goal away.
"It was a big floated ball into the box, and for Aubameyang to have a free header is poor.
“We’ll have to do those basics again, the basics of how we’ve been all season.”
