Lip reader claims Kyle Walker threatened to 'knock out' Neal Maupay after taunts about his children as Man City's win at Brentford is overshadowed by ugly confrontation

The two players got involved in a heated confrontation towards the end of the Premier League clash on Monday. According to the Daily Mail, a professional lip reader has now revealed that the Cityzens defender threatened to "knock out" Maupay, after claiming that the Brentford striker had been taunting him about his children.

Speaking to Daily Mail, the expert lip reader said: "Walker approached the 4th official and shouted: 'I'm gonna knock him [Maupay] out'. To which Stuart Attwell replied: 'Shush'."

However, Walker refused to back down and said "Wait there" – pointing to the tunnel - before walking back over to Gillet. The England international is said to have continued: "Ref he spoke about my kids, he spoke about my kids, not once, but twice." Maupay then interrupted by saying: "I didn't, it's OK."

Gillet attempted to calm things down by saying "Let's deal with it at the end" before facing Maupay and adding: "Now, now, just calm down, listen to me... think about it, think about it." Maupay then responded: "'That's a lie, that's not fair, I promise you now.'"

As The Mail reports, Walker split with his wife Annie Kilner in January and is currently living alone in a rented property away from all five of his children – with Annie expecting another in March. Walker admits that he has brought those problems on himself, with divorce now a distinct possibility.

The defender will be next seen in action on Saturday as Pep Guardiola's side take on Everton in another important Premier League fixture. City are now up to second in the table, two points behind Liverpool with a game in hand.