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Joe Gomez trained at St George’s Park today sporting a scratch below his right eye.

Liverpool defender Gomez appeared to have a small mark from his bust-up with Raheem Sterling on Monday.

But Sterling also trained this morning despite Gareth Southgate deciding to make him unavailable for Thursday’s game with Montenegro after the row.

Both sides have played down the physical side of the row and they have made peace with Gomez believed to have urged Southgate not to send Sterling home.

Sterling and Southgate initially clashed during Liverpool's victory over Manchester City at Anfield on Sunday.

The players were involved in a heated exchange towards the end of the game, but embraced after the full-time whistle.

But emotions were still running high when the duo joined up for England duty at St George's Park on Monday.

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Sterling reacted badly as Gomez offered a handshake from behind leading to a verbal altercation between them.

Some England stars stepped in to separate the duo after realising the incident was not friendly banter as initially thought.

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Sterling moved to play down the altercation having been stood down from duty for the Montenegro clash, appearing the situation has been defused.

He wrote on his Instagram account: "First and foremost everyone knows what that game means to me! Everyone knows that I am not that way inclined and more to the point. Both Joe and I have had words and figured things out and moved on.

"We are in a sport where emotions run high and I am man enough to admit when emotions got the better of me.

Sterling added that he and Gomez "are good" and "both understand it was a 5-10 second thing it's done we move forward and not make this bigger than it is.

"Let's focus on our game on Thursday," he signed off, alongside three love heart emojis.