Joe Gomez was asked by the Football Association if he wanted to report Raheem Sterling to the police following their infamous clash in the England players' canteen at St George's Park last November.
Gomez was left with a scratch below his right eye after Sterling attacked his team-mate by putting him in a headlock when they met up for international duty.
It happened the day after Liverpool's explosive 3-1 Premier League victory over Manchester City at Anfield, and was exclusively revealed by Sportsmail.
The FA took the incident so seriously that they asked the Liverpool defender whether he wanted to press charges.
Gomez quickly rejected that offer and made his peace with Sterling within a matter of hours, accepting his apology and giving his blessing to manager Gareth Southgate's decision that the Manchester City forward should be able to stay with the squad.
Sterling was dropped by Southgate from England's matchday squad for the European Championship qualifier against Montenegro at Wembley, with Gomez booed by a small section of the home fans when he was introduced as a second-half substitute.
Jincemprty
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Yes very true Sterling was wrong but FA should never had suggested Gomes to take it to the police. I believe they have the competence to manage the problem. Sterling is one of the best moral guy we have in the face of football. Shame to FA.
Nidbkotyz
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Hate him or not, Gomez proved to be good hearted man. If it was me l could have reported this ill mannered Sterling straight to the Police . The fact that Southgate suspended Sterling proves how serious and wrong he was. But alas just because Gomez is a Liverpool player City United and Barca fans are always blinded, instead of facing the facts they ll rather blame Gomez some to the extent of booing him instead of praising him and appreciating his good gesture toward Sterling. This is a perfect example of this newly formed hate club. City United and Barca fans have joined forces together and resorted to seeing everything about Liverpool to be evil. This jealousy of Liverpool's success, this hate and saltiness has gone to another level such that they fail to use their common sense to distinguish between matters. They fail to understand that hating us won't stop us from marching on to win the league. YNWA