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Felipe Melo reveals what Jack Grealish said to spark full-time melee with Kyle Walker that saw the Man City captain dragged away following Club World Cup win

Felipe Melo has revealed what Jack Grealish said to spark the full time melee at the Cub World Cup final.

Melo and Walker were involved in a heated altercation after City won the game 4-0 against Fluminense, with Grealish dragging his captain away.

'I've already seen on social media idiots saying that I started a mess,' Melo said after full time. 'Just as the idiots said that I started the mess with the goal that Gremio scored.

'In the game against Grmio, I calmly went to ask the athlete celebrating with their fans. And they ended up creating a mess.