Erling Haaland says his furious spat with Gianluca Mancini blew up after the Italy defender started 'touching his a**'.
The Norway striker got stuck into a row with Mancini just before half-time on Sunday and had to be held back by Manchester City team-mate Gianluigi Donnarumma.
Norway went on to win 4-1 to claim an automatic World Cup spot at Italy's expense and painted Milan red with their celebrations in the aftermath.
But now he says the animosity only intensified in the second half as Mancini allegedly started touching his rump.