SHEFFIELD Wednesday manager Carlos Carvalhal could be in hot water after an ugly clash with a steward at the Macron Stadium tonight.

The Owls boss was sent to the stand alongside Wanderers manager Phil Parkinson in the final few minutes of a heated Carabao Cup second round tie.

Bolton won the game 3-2 but an incident erupted towards the end of the game following a heavy challenge from Wednesday midfielder Barry Bannan on Filipe Morais.

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Parkinson remonstrated with the Scot, leaving his technical area, and Carvalhal joined him seconds later.

Both men were sent off and retreated to a row of seats just behind the dugout but when Carvalhal was asked to move further back in the stand a scuffle appeared to break out.

Police and more stewards were required to clam the situation down as the game continued.

The incident was noted in the referee’s report and will be submitted to the Football Association – but Greater Manchester Police confirmed they would not be taking action.

“It shows the passion of the game and how we all wanted to win,” Parkinson surmised after the final whistle.

“Bannan made, for me, a very dangerous tackle right in front of us and I left the technical area by a couple of yards to have a go at him. OK I maybe shouldn’t have done that but it’s a natural reaction.

“Carlos has ran from their dugout right across to get involved. After that, the ref sent us both to the stands and I wasn’t really concentrating on what was going on – obviously there was something because I could hear it – but I’ll leave that to you guys to sort out.”

Carvalhal explained his viewpoint after the game and said he had received an apology from the steward involved.

“It is easy to explain,” he said. “There was a foul from Baz (Bannan) and I didn’t like it because he (Parkinson) pressured the referee.

“I went to the fourth official and said he can’t press the referee. With the emotion of the moment I was out of my technical area.

“I think the decision of the referee was correct. But there are reasons why I moved from my position.”

On the incident with a steward he added:” I don’t want to talk too much about that.

“He apologised to me. It was a person with age. I must respect older persons but in that moment he acted really badly,” he claimed.

Parkinson could also get a slap on the wrists for being sent off but was delighted to see his side rack up their first home victory of the season.

The Whites were leading 3-0 thanks to goals from Dorian Dervite, Adam Armstrong and Jem Karacan but two Jordan Rhodes strikes for the visitors ramped up the emotions late on.

“We needed a response from Saturday,” he said. “We spoke about going with the same system but changing the dynamics of it and the pace when we broke was great to watch.

“Three-nil up we were comfortable and it should have been an easy night but let’s make it exciting for everybody.

“Being hyper-critical, Dorian Dervite was involved in an incident which nine times out of 10 gets given as a free kick and they get the first goal.

“Then Derik has cramp in the middle of the pitch, Fil (Morais) comes over to get him a gel and the ref lets them take a free kick before our players are set. I watched it back on the replay and OK the ref might say Fil couldn’t go off the pitch but normally a ref will let people get back into their position. Suddenly it’s 3-2.

“It was a good cup tie, they picked a very strong team and we made a lot of changes. I think the whole club needed a lift and we got that with a terrific performance and we’re in the next round.”