Samir Nasri did not hold back in the wake of Sevilla's shock Champions League defeat to Leicester City on Tuesday night.
The French playmaker, on loan from Manchester City, was sent off in the second half of the 2-0 loss at the King Power Stadium after picking up a second yellow card.
An altercation with Foxes striker Jamie Vardy, which saw the pair came together and butt heads, prompted a second caution for Nasri who believes the England international threw himself to ground to force the sending off.
"He pushed me and I said, 'What are you doing?' Then he came close to me," Nasri said after Sevilla were dumped from the competition 3-2 on aggregate.
"He played it well. We went face to face and then he fell on the floor. I thought the English player was tougher than that.
"For me, he is a cheat. Because if he was a foreign player, the English press would say he is a cheat. Play the game like a man.
"You are not better than us but you are winning 2-0, you will qualify, just play the game. You have quality, you are an international player, you don't need to do that.
"I would love to speak to him, but, you know, too many cameras, too much security, and I have to think about next year and not getting a big suspension.
"You would not be able to write what I would say to him."
Vardy responded to the claims, saying: "I'm not a cheat and I never have been. That's all I've got to say on the matter."