New footage shows Perez shoving Robertson to spark on-pitch scuffle after Liverpool’s late winner against Leicester

THE full-time spat between Liverpool and Leicester stars was sparked by Ayoze Perez shoving Andy Robertson in the back.

Television cameras only caught the flare-up when Foxes forward Perez and Reds matchwinner James Milner were being dragged apart from each other.

But now footage has emerged Down Under which shows the trouble actually started when the Leicester star lost his cool with Liverpool ace Robertson.

Australian channel Optus Sport managed to dig up a clip from another angle which caught the moment it all kicked-off.

Both Perez and Robertson are thought to have been involved a little bit of niggle between them through the latter stages of the game.

The Leicester star is thought to have said something to his rival after James Maddison had struck the equaliser which threatened to end Liverpool’s winning start to the season.

So at full-time, seconds after Milner had slotted home a controversial penalty winner, Scottish left-back Robertson returned the favour to his opponent with a little brush of the elbow to go with it.

That caused the red mist to descend on former Newcastle star Perez who first gave a little shove, and then launched a far harder push into the back of the unsuspecting Reds star.

Liverpool team-mates Milner, Adam Lallana and Virgil van Dijk were quick to dash in supporting their team-mate.

And it led to Milner and Perez being dragged away from each other as they traded words.

Perez was still smarting a good couple of minutes later as Van Dijk led him down the tunnel trying to calm him down.

Despite tempers clearly being high, no player was booked by referee Chris Kavannagh, and it is thought the incident will not be mentioned in his report.

That means all involved are likely to escape without censure.

Asked about the incident, Leicester boss Brendan Rodgers said: “According to the guys, Andy Robertson celebrated and pushed him at the final whistle which he probably didn’t expect.

“He was obviously annoyed at that and it leads to a melee. But it was nothing.”