Arsenal sources have denied Mikel Arteta insulted Porto manager Sergio Conceicao's family in the aftermath of the Gunners' dramatic penalty shootout win in the last 16 of the Champions League.
Conceicao was involved with an altercation on the pitch with Arteta at the end of the game, and gave a terse explanation of what was said.
"During the game, [Arteta] turned to the bench and in Spanish - it must be a Spanish coach thing because it was the same thing with [Pep] Guardiola - he insulted my family," he said.
"In the end I told him to pay attention because who he insulted is no longer with us, and to worry about coaching his team, because due to individual quality he has an obligation to do more and better."
Arsenal sources have strongly denied any offensive or insulting sentence towards the Porto manager and Arteta has refuted the allegations.
