Valverde went to hospital with a head injury but denied the pair “came to blows”.

The pair were alleged to have come to blows at the end of Thursday’s training session.

City were stunned by a brilliant first-half hat-trick from Federico Valverde.

Captain Valverde ripped City apart with a clinical display of finishing.

The quarter-final tie with Manchester City is finely poised at 3-3 after the first leg.