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Clattenburg reveals how he 'shut Pepe up' by telling him he got Real Madrid call wrong in 2016 Champions League final

Former referee Mark Clattenburg has revealed what he said to silence ex-Real Madrid defender Pepe during the 2016 Champions League final.

The English official took charge of the European decider in which the Spanish giants beat rivals Atletico Madrid in a penalty shootout after drawing 1-1 in normal time.

After appearing to mock Pepe when he went down holding his head following a collision from Yannick Ferreira Carrasco, Clattenburg had another run-in with the centre-back when he awarded a penalty for a foul on Fernando Torres.

"Everyone always asks about the incident in the 2016 Champions League final when I did that thing with my tongue as he was rolling around on the floor, play-acting,” he wrote in The Daily Mail.