AC Milan head coach Gennaro Gattuso joked that a combination of age and responsibility prevented him from wading into the fracas that followed his team's 1-0 win over Lazio.
Franck Kessie's 79th-minute penalty sealed a first victory in five attempts for the Rossoneri, moving them back into fourth place and landing a significant blow against Lazio's own Champions League qualification ambitions.
Tensions then boiled over, with Lazio defender Luiz Felipe and Milan winger Fabio Borini seemingly at the centre of a post-match brawl.
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A famously combative presence during his playing days, it was a flashpoint Gattuso conceded he would have once relished.