BOURNEMOUTH duo Sam Surridge and Junior Stanislas threatened to come to blows on Tuesday night as the pair had to be separated by team-mates.
Match-winner Stanislas, 31, was left incensed after the Cherries striker opted to shoot in the closing stages of their 1-0 win against Wycombe Wanderers at the Vitality Stadium.
Sam Surridge and Junior Stanislas were seen pushing each other in the closing stages Bournemouth’s win over WycombeCredit: Getty Images – Getty
Stanislas was furious with his team-mate after he opted to take a shotCredit: Rex Features
The valuable three points took the south coast side to the top of the Championship table having picked up their tenth victory in 19 games.
But their gritty performance has been overshadowed by the incident at the end of the match where tempers flared between Surridge and Stanislas.
Academy graduate Surridge, 22, did brilliantly in the latter stages of the clash as he picked up the ball just inside Wycombe’s half, before driving into the box and winning his side a corner.
However his mazy run infuriated Stanislas as he appeared to be angry that the ball wasn’t played back to him instead.
Though football fans have argued that the former West Ham and Burnley winger – who has scored six goals in as many games – wanted Surridge to go to the corner flag to waste time.
Stanislas confronted the England U21 international, with the two then shoving each other as team-mate Jefferson Lerma rushed in to separate the two.
Other team-mates then got involved as they dragged the players away before referee Matthew Donohue attempted to calm the pair down.
Boss Jason Tindall played down the incident following the full-time whistle, though he stressed he wasn’t a fan of what happened.
Midfielder Jefferson Lerma rushed in to separate Surridge and StanislasCredit: Getty Images – Getty
He said: “For me it just goes to show the passion of the team and how much they want to win – how much each game means to them.
“You don’t want to see what happened but it’s no different to what happens up and down the country on the training ground from time-to-time.
“There’s no hard feelings between the two of them. They were just frustrated at the time and passion probably got the better of both of them.
“But they are in the changing room now, all fine, all laughing, all joking, still united and it’s all forgotten.”
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