Swansea City boss Carlos Carvalhal feels match officials have him all wrong.

He believes he has sometimes been wrongly accused of scrapping when he is talking – a misunderstanding that has led him into occasional trouble with referees.

“We like to use our hands a lot and the ­referees don't like it," he explained. “But we ­Portuguese talk a lot with our hands and it makes people think we are doing something very wrong.

“Now, I stand with my hands in my pockets. I must protect myself. ­Otherwise people think I'm out of control, when I'm not."