Perth Glory defender Andy Todd could find himself in hot water from Football Federation Australia's match review panel after his actions sparked a half-time melee in Friday night's 1-0 A-League win over Adelaide.
Todd was caught on camera making contact to the face of Reds antagonist Scott Jamieson as the teams headed to the change rooms moments after the half-time whistle.
While the force to Jamieson's face was minimal, it was made with a closed fist.
Todd then lashed out at Robert Cornthwaite when the Adelaide defender confronted him over the incident.
Players from both sides were soon involved in a push-and-shove encounter as tempers threatened to boil over after what had been a spiteful first half.
While no action was taken by referee Chris Beath at the time, Todd and other players could face sanctions from FFA when the footage is reviewed.
Glory coach Dave Mitchell and his Adelaide counterpart Aurelio Vidmar both claimed they didn't see the half-time scuffle.
But Mitchell did accuse Adelaide of employing dirty tactics off the ball.
"Early on there were a few tackles behind play a bit that our players weren't happy about so from that point of view it just upset us," Mitchell said.
"Then the ref was getting the yellow cards out pretty frequent after that because it was a tough game and Adelaide are a tough team.
"They get stuck in and they whinge a bit as well.
"The ref can only see what he sees.
"If he doesn't see things behind play that's unfortunate, that's what the linesmen were for." Vidmar felt there was nothing malicious in how the game was played.
"We want to play aggressively, I'm sure everyone does," Vidmar said.
"There was a lot of passion, there was a lot of heat out there but it was controlled.
"I thought it was played in fantastic spirit." Glory defender Chris Coyne said the half-time scuffle galvanised the side.
"They got in our faces and we weren't going to let them come to our patch and dictate us," Coyne said.
"I think that melee at half-time galvanised the boys and we looked at each other at half-time and said 'let's not get rolled over by a team that think we are soft'.
"So we upped the tempo in the second half and gave as good as we got.
"As long as there's no malicious tackles and it's good, honest football (it's OK).
"It's a man's game, they can say what they want, it stays on the pitch.
"That's it done." Todd was sent off in the 89th minute after picking up his second yellow card but by then the damage had been done, with Dutchman Victor Sikora scoring the winner in the 80th minute despite Adelaide's dominance throughout the night.
Perth had Tando Velaphi to thank for the win after the goalkeeper pulled off a string of stunning saves to deny Adelaide's promising attacking raids.
