Real Salt Lake midfielder Kyle Beckerman believes that the Portland Timbers didn't show "class" in their 3-0 win over RSL Sunday.

Beckerman was furious after the match. He was seen on television arguing with Timbers coach Giovanni Savarese, putting his finger in Savarese's face as he yelled. He also appeared to slap away a handshake from another staff member on the field.

It was not immediately clear why Beckerman was so upset and the 36-year-old midfielder didn't go into specifics as to what led to his confrontation with Savarese after the match. Instead, Beckerman simply told reporters that some of the Timbers players "didn't have class" in the game.

"It was just something," Beckerman said. "Some of their players didn't have class, which you'd expect a team coached by (Savarese) that their whole team would have class, but some their guys didn't show it tonight."

It was an interesting statement coming from Beckerman, who is known as one of the most physical midfielders in MLS. Beckerman has 110 career yellow cards in 463 appearances in his MLS career. Beckerman also avoided being shown a red card when the Timbers played RSL in Salt Lake on Oct. 6. Beckerman pulled Timbers midfielder David Guzman down by the head during the game, but was not shown a card on the play.

The Timbers clinched a playoff berth with their win over Salt Lake Sunday. Salt Lake remains in playoff position, but would miss the postseason if the LA Galaxy win on the final day of the regular season next week.

Here is a video of Beckerman confronting Savarese after Sunday's game and his statement to the media about the incident:

Kyle Beckerman, who is always the classiest guy in the room, has some thoughts on the Timbers that he would like to share. pic.twitter.com/C9R4wW8KhM — William Conwell (@williamconwell) October 22, 2018

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