Mark Noble has slammed Yohan Cabaye’s attitude following West Ham’s 2-2 draw with Crystal Palace on Saturday.
Luka Milivojevic and Wilfried Zaha goals cancelled out first-half strikes from Javier Hernandez and Andre Ayew to increase the Hammers’ relegation fears.
And tensions ran high at full-time with Noble losing his tempter and confronting Palace midfielder Cabaye.
An incensed Noble had to be restrained by his team-mates.
The West Ham captain said: “I have played 400 and something games for this club and I’ve had many battles with many players.
“I’ve always thought you can have 90 minutes of a battle, you can kick the sh*t out of each other really, but you always shake hands with each other after. That’s my point of view.
“It was his [Cabaye’s] attitude. I didn’t really like his attitude. That’s why I had something to say.
“If I’m honest I wasn’t happy how he went about things and as I’ve said you battle with many players over the years but afterwards you always look each other in the eye and shake hands.”
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