Harry Kane was critical of Sergio Ramos following Tottenham's Audi Cup clash with Real Madrid on Tuesday.
Tempers were frayed a little at the break of Tottenham's eventual 2-0 loss to the Spanish giants in Munich when Kane took offence to a tackle made by Real captain Ramos on Christian Eriksen.
"I thought that tackle was quite naughty," said 22-year-old Kane, who wore the Spurs armband.
"Sometimes they can do a lot of damage. Obviously things get a bit heated while you are on the pitch and the ref dealt with it and that was good enough.
"I ran over because we are a team. We've got to stick together, we are brothers out there on the pitch and as captain you want to protect them."
James Rodriguez and former Spurs star Gareth Bale scored either side of the break to give Madrid a comfortable victory.
The north Londoners will now take on AC Milan in the third-place play-off on Wednesday while Real will get set for hosts Bayern Munich in the final at the Allianz Arena.
