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Forget the ludicrous own goals, daft celebrations and referees losing their footing. Nothing in football brings a chuckle quite like two team-mates forgetting about the opposition and having a pop at one another instead.
Noni Madueke and Nicolas Jackson’s primary school routine is the latest in a long line of incidents that we are all quick to condemn as disgraceful, but really make us all laugh quite a lot.
Chelsea's 6-0 thumping of Everton was overshadowed by the farcical scenes as Cole Palmer shoved Jackson away after he tried to grab the ball off him - despite the Blues' top scorer already netting a hat-trick at the time.
There have been a number of scraps and disagreements with fellow team-mates in the Premier League era after tensions boiled over during moments of passion.
Here, Mail Sport looks at seven of the most notorious moments members of the same side fell out with one another on the pitch.
Chelsea's penalty row was the latest bust-up between team-mates in the Premier League era
Bruce Grobbelaar v Steve McManaman
Everton v Liverpool, September 18, 1993
This Liverpool team was as bad as Grobbelaar’s haircut – a bizarre ‘rat’s tail’ affair – and nothing showcased that better than this moment of high farce.
McManaman’s tame clearance allowed Mark Ward to score the first of Everton’s two unanswered goals. A furious Grobbelaar screamed at his young team-mate, jabbing a finger at him.
McManaman gave a bit back and both pushed one another in the face before the winger slunk towards the halfway line, tail firmly between his legs. To be fair, they were probably the most effective punches the Reds threw all season, as they limped to an eighth-place finish.
Bruce Grobbelaar screamed at Steve McManaman in 1993 after the defender's tame clearance
Graeme Le Saux v David Batty
Spartak Moscow v Blackburn, November 22, 1995
Blackburn’s struggles in the Champions League were summed up by this exchange between the two England internationals. On their way to a 3-0 defeat in Russia, Le Saux and Batty squared up to one another shortly after colliding while trying to reach the ball.
After Le Saux threw a punch that Batty parried, Tim Sherwood intervened quickly but the pair continued to berate one another, and it needed Colin Hendry and Henning Berg to calm the waters.
The editorial in the Lancashire Evening Telegraph thundered: ‘You can almost hear the jokes now - Rovers went down fighting. Each other! But it wasn't a joke. Or if it was, it was sick.’
Graeme Le Saux and David Batty nearly came to blows during Blackburn's Champions League clash against Spartak Moscow in 1995
Kieron Dyer v Lee Bowyer
Newcastle v Aston Villa, April 2, 2005
In a crowded field, this one surely takes the gold medal. ‘Kieron Dyer and Lee Bowyer are having a fight!’ bellowed BBC commentator Martin Fisher with Villa 3-0 up. Bowyer had swung a couple of haymakers and was escorted away by Villa skipper Gareth Barry, wearing the expression of a long-suffering older brother.
Bowyer’s shirt had been
