Former Celtic midfielder Stiliyan Petrov has explained his side of the story regarding an infamous dressing-room disagreement he had with Bobo Balde.

It occurred after a game during the 2002/03 season when several members of Martin O'Neill's side were critical of the centre-back's performance.

The ex-Guinea international did not take kindly to being mocked and decided to take matters into his own hands.

He ended up having the former Aston Villa man pinned up against a wall, despite the protests over several members of the Hoops backroom staff and Chris Sutton.

"The game had finished and I stayed out there clapping the fans," Petrov recalled in a chat with BT's Currie Club podcast.

"Neil Lennon was already in the dressing room and having a pop at Bobo.

"I just walked into the dressing room and gave it 'for God sake' or something maybe a wee bit more aggressive.

"Bobo jumps up and Bobo is a big guy. The first person who tried to stop him was John Robertson.

"Bobo just used one finger to push Robbo over the massage bed.

"Everybody else just walked away - Chris keeps saying he tried to stop Bobo but he didn't - so I ran and tried to grab him by the throat.

"But he just pins me up against the wall.

"By that time Sutty, the fitness coach Jim Hendry, everybody was trying to pull Bobo away but he didn't move.

"His eyes were massive. He had me pinned in.

"Then all of a sudden it was as if he just realised. The fire went out, he just dropped me and ran into the sauna.

"He stayed there for 45 minutes. I might have said sorry!"