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'Who are you?!' Cardiff City boss Steve Morison reveals what was said in spat with Luton Town's Nathan Jones

Steve Morison and Luton Town boss Nathan Jones entered a heated exchange moments after the final whistle, with the Cardiff City manager believing his opposite number could have been more magnanimous in celebrating his victory.

The two managers came together to shake hands at the end of the match, but, Morison says, not before Jones had started celebrating the 2-1 victory at Cardiff City Stadium.

The pair exchanged words as they locked hands, but Morison played down the situation in his post-match press conference.

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"It wasn't a confrontation," said Morison. "I shook his hand after standing there as you do at the end of the game.

"I just asked if he could have a little bit of decorum, do the celebrating afterwards. Shake your opponent’s hand, say well done, then go do a lap of honour I don't really care."

When asked what Jones said to him in response, Morison said: "'Who are you? It's just about winning.'

"It is what it is, from my point of view I think you do the respect stuff and the start and at the end, I would never do that. It was just his reaction, heat of the moment."

The Hatters boss, a big Cardiff City fan and former academy player, of course, was contrite in his own post-match press conference.

"If I've upset anyone I don't mean it. I do 14 hours a day, I'm up 2am Sunday mornings watching games. I'm a passionate guy and sometimes I get carried away. If I've offended anyone I apologise. I don't mean to do that. Maybe I should have (shaken hands), it wasn't meant in any malice," Jones said.

"I don't comment on any managers. In the first half he had a go at my centre-forward and said 'you're too lazy to run and committed the foul'. I don't understand that. I lost a play-off semi-final to Carlos Corberan who celebrated before shaking my hand. I understand that, he'd just got to Wembley and sometimes these things happen.

"I've never had a conversation with Steve. Until he speaks to me... I don't think he should (say anything) but I'll go and have a drink with him now and if there any issues I'm sure we'll speak.

"It was literally five or six seconds after the final whistle when I was emotional. One of my staff shook his hand before I did, then I came and did. I was overjoyed winning at my boyhood club. That sometimes gets the better of you, but no malice or disrespect meant."

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