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title: "Jamaal Lascelles reveals what happened in training ground bust-up with Benitez"
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published: "2018-09-08T12:49:45Z"
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# Jamaal Lascelles reveals what happened in training ground bust-up with Benitez

Jamaal Lascelles has given an account of what happened on the training ground between himself and Matt Ritchie last month.

The well-publicised spat was also said to have included manager Rafael Benitez, and despite missing his side’s match with Chelsea, Lascelles was absent due to injury rather than any extra-curricular factor.

![Dan Mullan/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readnewcastle.com/readnewcastle/sites/20/2018/09/1018643802.jpg)

Lascelles is insistent however that the dispute was entirely resolved, however.

Speaking to NUFC TV ([quoted by Chronicle Live](https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/jamaal-lascelles-newcastle-training-revealed-15126377)), the club captain said:

> What have I made about what’s been written about us? Well, as everybody knows, some people when they get a sniff of anything and they’ll make it into a much bigger deal than it is,

> This is sport; every sportsman would say the same: a group of men, on the training pitch, with adrenaline flying… there’s going to be, I wouldn’t say altercations, but there’s going to be arguments.

> We’ve got such a passionate team where we all want to do so well and players will speak their voice, and we’ll get stuck in. Arguments will happen, but in terms of off-the-pitch stuff, it’ll never change anything personally.

The central defender has proved instrumental to Newcastle’s success lately, and attributes much of that to the atmosphere in the team.

> It’ll always stay on the pitch and you shake hands after. For me, I think that’s a good thing.

> Personally, I think that’s a winning mentality, because if you don’t care and you don’t say anything, or you don’t want to put your foot in, then you’re going to get relegated.

> You can’t play with players like that. Things will happen on the training pitch where players will fall out.