AC Milan's Gennaro Gattuso will discover on Monday the extent of his punishment following his extraordinary antics in Tuesday's Champions League encounter with Tottenham.
The combative midfielder faces a lengthy European ban after Uefa announced they had opened disciplinary proceedings following his clash with Spurs coach Joe Jordan.
Gattuso headbutted Jordan after the final whistle of the last-16 encounter, which Spurs won 1-0 thanks to a Peter Crouch goal in the 80th minute.
The former Italy international also confronted Jordan earlier in the match, grabbing the Scot by the throat and pushing him in the face as tempers boiled over.
Gattuso's agent Claudio Pasqualin has since stated that Jordan had used provocative language towards the midfielder prior to their clash. Spurs have so far declined the opportunity to comment on his claims.
Gattuso later apologised for his actions, saying: "I lost control. There is no excuse for what I did. I take responsibility for that."
The midfielder's actions were greeted with no small measure of bemusement by many in the Spurs camp, including manager Harry Redknapp.
"When he came over at the end of the game I thought he was going to apologise to Joe," Redknapp said.
"I shook hands with him, I thought he was okay and realised he'd made a mistake. Next thing I know he's nutted Joe. Not that it had much effect on him, all them balls he's headed over the years.
"Joe's the quietest man in the world, but a very hard man. You wouldn't want to pick an argument with him. But he's the loveliest guy you could ever wish to meet.
"I don't know what happened with Gattuso - he lost his head over something."
The ill-tempered encounter was also marred by Matthieu Flamini's ugly two-footed challenge on Vedran Corluka which left the Spurs full-back on crutches at the end of the match.
The former Arsenal player was booked at the time and is therefore poised to escape further punishment, although the incident drew the fury of Redknapp after the match.
"My tackle on Corluka was a tough one, but I hit the ball," Flamini said. "I went into their dressing room to ask how he was doing. I hope it's nothing serious."
