Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs Former Premier League referee Mark Clattenburg has reflected on a clash with Adam Lallana back in 2014 which led to Southampton filing complaints against the officialFormer Premier League referee Mark Clattenburg(Image: Getty Images)Former referee Mark Clattenburg has lifted the lid on his spat with former England star Adam Lallana, which saw Southampton file complaints with both the Premier League and the Football Association.During Southampton’s 2-1 defeat to Everton in 2014, Clattenburg claims he received “dog’s abuse” from Saints captain Lallana and responded by telling him: “You’ve f***ing changed since you’ve played for England”.However, Southampton filed complaints over Clattenburg’s comment which were ultimately dismissed and the ex-official has now reflected on the incident in an appearance on The Overlap Fan Debate, brought to you by Sky Bet”I remember I had a fight with Adam Lallana,” Clattenburg said. “I was going back to Everton after so many years, and Adam gave us dog’s abuse. I think he was frustrated at the end of the game.”I used to take into account a bit if they got beat, a bit of frustration, it was Christmas so he probably had too much turkey and stuff like that. He was a bit upset.READ MORE: Thomas Tuchel admits Jude Bellingham was ‘lucky’ after mistakes against LatviaREAD MORE: Marcus Rashford shows Thomas Tuchel he’s ready to give England boss what he wants”There were some choice words said and I said to him, ‘Look, you’ve changed since you’ve played for England’. I wanted to defuse the situation. ‘You’ve f***ing changed since you’ve played for England’.”And he looked at us, and walked off. And that was that, nothing was said anymore and I thought, well I diffused that quite well, I’m happy with myself. Next day I read the Sun, or whatever that newspaper is, and headline was ‘Mark Clattenburg says this to Adam Lallana’.”So I get a call from Mike Riley, my boss (former head of PGMOL), and he said, ‘Did you say that?’ and I said, ‘I did, but tell him next time I’ll f***ing send him off’. Now you see, you can’t have it both ways.”If he’s giving us dog’s abuse and I’m not sending him off, why was it in the media the next day? And it could only have come from Adam Lallana, even though he’s used his club to make a complaint.”Clattenburg has lifted the lid on his spat with Adam LallanaClattenburg also explained that Lallana attempted to smooth things after he moved to Liverpool the following season and claimed he was not responsible for the leak, but the official was not having it and called the midfielder a “little scruff”.Clattenburg added: “He signs for Liverpool and I’m refereeing Liverpool (on the) opening day of the season. And he comes up to us in the tunnel and says ‘Mark, I wasn’t behind it’. And I went, ‘You f***ing were you little scruff’.”But he was behind it! I’m only being honest with him. Don’t f***ing come just because I’m going to referee and you’re thinking I’m going to f***ing send you off again, you know what I mean?”Why did he make that statement when it should stay on the field? Fair enough, I’ve heard referees and they swear. If we sent off a player every time they swore at us, come on.”Join our new WhatsApp community and receive your daily dose of Mirror Football content. We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you don’t like our community, you can check out any time you like. If you’re curious, you can read our Privacy Notice.
