Belgium coach Roberto Martinez has played down a training ground stoush between Manchester City ace Kevin de Bruyne and Adnan Januzaj.

De Bruyne cleaned up the former Manchester United winger, now of Real Sociedad, with a dangerous sliding challenge during the team's first training session in Moscow on Thursday.

Martinez said: “In a natural way, it shows you that it matters.

“We are in a moment of our preparation that winning a little small-sided game matters, there is a winning feeling in the group.

“You don't want to hurt anyone. But now you can see an intensity in training that is a match intensity.

“It is something we have been working on, without things getting out of control.

“This is the tempo that we need in order to prepare for the games."