"I was talking to the referee. It had nothing to do with anyone else and I take exception to little upstarts like him," said the Newcastle number two.
"I do not like it when people like to think they are bigger than clubs.
"When he was at Newcastle, he thought he was a big cheese. Everywhere he has been, he has been in bother - and it is all starting again at Liverpool.
"There was no need for it at all and he was 100% out of order.
"I was upset that we had lost the game in the way that we did.
"We felt that at the start of the second half we should have had two stonewall penalties, something which was backed up by the TV replays and in the first instance by Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez.
"I was talking to the referee at the edge of the tunnel when Bellamy appeared on the scene and suddenly started calling me names.
"I thought he was just joking and I put my arm around him, but he kept on calling me names and that is when it all kicked off.
"I had my say and when he got to the top of the stairs, he started shouting at me again. But of course he had security guys around him."