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Manchester City star Raheem Sterling warned Liverpool player Joe Gomez 'don't f**k with me' during their heated exchange in Sunday's Premier League game, Mirror.co.uk can reveal.

The pair clashed towards the end of City's 3-1 Anfield loss to Liverpool .

Professional lipreader Tina Lannin of 121 Captions has reviewed the footage and told Mirror.co.uk what the players said to each other.

As Raheem is pushed by Gomez he walks straight back into Gomez and says: "Don’t f**k with me, Joe. Don’t f**k with me.”

Gomez responds by saying "come on!" before he's pulled away by fellow Liverpool players.

The pair clashed again 24 hours later, in the canteen at England’s St George’s Park training base which led to Gareth Southgate axing Sterling.

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Liverpool defender Gomez was later seen sporting a scratch below his right eye while training.

Southgate said today at a press conference that Sterling lost control of his emotions and as a result will not be included in the Three Lions squad to face Montenegro in the Euro 2020 qualifier on Thursday.

"I wouldn't normally speak at this stage but it is important to speak publicly about this," said Southgate at his press conference. "I am dealing with a very young squad and we are in a sport where emotions run high.

"We are a team. I understand our profile and the insatiable interest in our camp which we have to be aware of. That's the reality of why things become public which would not happen at a club.

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"Raheem explained last night that for a brief moment his emotions ran over. It would be correct to say that's not the same for Joe [Gomez].

"These things happen in football. We have some excellent senior players who have played a part in bringing everybody together.”

On the decision entering the public domain, Southgate added: “When you’ve made a decision like that it’s going to be public on Wednesday or Thursday anyway and I’d rather deal with it now than on the day of the game.”

However, the Three Lions chief was remaining tight-lipped over exactly what happened.

“I’m not prepared to go into detail," he continued. "There is enough conjecture and opinion and talk out there, [and] we don’t need to add to that.

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“I’ve said what I think needs to be said but we have to keep as much as we can between ourselves.”

Asked whether he would have treated all players in a similar manner and asked to expand on his decision-making process Southgate continued: “It’s important to be as fair as possible on any decision I make, whether that’s a senior player or a junior player.

“The decision has been made not to consider Raheem for the game on Thursday and that’s the end of the matter for me.

"The priority for me is to keep the group together if possible and as emotions calmed yesterday, that was clearly a possibility. I’m very impressed with the players, the way they worked it through collectively.

"In the end I’m the manager and I’ve made a decision that I think was appropriate for how we want to move forward.

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"I consult very closely with all of the players and in particular my senior players and they have a very good understanding of the way we’ve worked over the last couple of years, that has brought us a lot of togetherness, which is still there.

"Now we have to turn our attention to the football. We’ve got a hugely important qualifier to qualify for a European Championships.

"I love all of my players, we’re like a family and all families have disagreements. The most important thing is you communicate through those disagreements.

"I don’t expect, as a manager, to never have to deal with things that are difficult or unexpected. That’s part and parcel of the job.

“In my view, the group are moving forward. There seems to be all sorts of information being passed form all different areas.

“Team getting out, information getting out, there seems to be so much information in the background.

“Every player has had an opportunity to speak to me if they want to, and my view is that the group is ready to move forwards.”