Wolves captain Mario Lemina has apologized following the post-match clashes following the club's 2-1 defeat to West Ham on Monday evening.
The Hammers took all three points in a nail-biting clash at the London Stadium, with Tomas Soucek and Jarrod Bowen scoring for the hosts.
Matt Doherty had leveled for Wolves after Soucek's opener, through Gary O'Neil, had slumped to a 10th Premier League defeat of the season and remained 19th in the table.
Tempers boiled after the final whistle as Lemina and Bowen clashed during post-match handshakes, with the two captains wrestling each other to the ground.
Lemina then had teammates Nelson Semedo and Toti pushed away in the aftermath, before taking on Wolves first-team coach Shaun Derry.
The Wolves captain has now taken to social media to apologize to the club and Derry, while insisting Bowen was to blame for their confrontation.
“This morning I write this message with a lot of hindsight and I would like to apologize to all the people who love this club and love football,” Lemina wrote on Instagram.
'I never wanted this to happen on the pitch, I have always been an honest player even when I was beaten.
“If something is said, make sure the truth comes out.
“I shook this player's hand, as I always do, and was grabbed and thrown to the ground. I was just reacting to a situation that I didn't cause at all.
'I love my team, the staff and all the people who make up this club.
“We will all fight harder to overcome this situation. Shaun, you already know, we're going to fight again and again.'
After the match, West Ham captain Bowen suggested that the clash lay with Lemina.
'I just went to shake his hand after the match. He didn't want to shake my hand, two captains together, to say 'well done' after the match,” Bowen told Sky Sports.
'I know it's hard when you lose. I've been to the end of that situation.'
Wolves boss O'Neil added: 'Mario is calm now. He is a passionate man and something was said that upset him.
'The instinct of the staff was to make sure he didn't get into trouble, but he calmed down a bit.
“Staff players, everyone understands that things like that can happen, especially in the heat of the moment.”
The defeat leaves Wolves four points off safety and further increases the pressure on under-fire boss O'Neil.
Wolves face a crucial showdown against fellow relegation rivals Ipswich Town on Saturday, with the sides locked on nine points.
The Premier League strugglers will then face Leicester City, which is five points ahead of sixteenth place.
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