Harry Redknapp insists he never held a grudge against David Bentley after the former winger claimed an infamous celebration cost him his place in the Tottenham starting XI.
Spurs qualified for the Champions League for the first time in their history in 2010 when they beat Manchester City 1-0 to seal fourth.
Peter Crouch's 82nd minute header will live long in fans' memories and Bentley was part of a hilarious celebration afterwards.
He and some of his teammates threw a bucket of ice over the head of boss Redknapp whilst he was speaking in a post-match interview.
However, Bentley made just three more appearances for Spurs before various loan spells away from north London, and believes the celebration may have played a role.
Former Spurs teammate Jamie O'Hara asked him on the Sports Bar for talkSPORT if it was the reason he never played for Spurs again, and he said: "There were more reasons, that was one of them.
"There was a buildup of things probably I didn't do right throughout that sort of time. But me and Harry, he's a good guy, he's alright, but that was probably the final nail in the coffin.
"But how did it come about? We qualified for the Champions League, it was worth a fortune for the football club, to beat Man City and how much... not to talk about money but it is worth a fortune to the football club and it kicks the football club onto a different level.
"So the importance around the football club and obviously all the players are getting rewarded, and you know how much it means to the fans that they're finally going to watch Champions League football.
"The buildup to the game, there was big pressure, to actually do it, we're just buzzing, the dressing room after that was just... it was champagne, water everywhere."
He added: "So we're in there, I think everyone's getting done with it, and it weren't even my idea but you know what it's like, 'Do you want to do...?' 'Yeah come on'. And I was in my pants wasn't I? But I was just happy.
"I think he might have took it... because I think he dropped me for that game, he put Azza [Aaron Lennon] in but Azza was better at that point to put in, he was better for the team and I respected that. But I came on in that game, was on when we actually scored the goal and was part of it a little bit."
O'Hara then asked if Redknapp took it literally and Bentley replied: "I think he did because I felt like... it was because we loved him. I think he took it the other way, I don't know whether he did but... I don't know. I heard he didn't take it very well, you know what it's like, everyone tells you don't they?
"It was [a great moment] and it's another moment that will live forever, won't it?" he added before being asked if he regretted it and replying: "No!
"I love it and I'd do it again because that's what it's all about. That moment in time will never go anywhere, it will live forever. It's in the top moments of my career, I love it because that's what it's all about, that is football.
"That enjoyment, being part of that team, being with the lads and that manager, that moment, getting paid to play football and qualify for this, what a night. You've got to enjoy it, you've got to create moments like that because... look, philosopher Bentley is going to come out!
"You've got to create moments, you've got to think outside [the box]. Even though it wasn't directly football, it is, some of those things are and people remember them and people talk to me now about them, they live in people's heads, it's good, I love it."
Redknapp, who cracked a smile at the time, appeared on talkSPORT Breakfast the following morning and responded to Bentley.
"It was funny," he admitted. "I never held any grudges against David Bentley, I just never picked him again.
"Nah I don't mean that, he's a good lad, he had some talent David, he could play, the lad's lovely, he was one of the chaps wasn't he?"
Bentley, an academy product of rivals Arsenal, made 62 appearances for Spurs, scoring five goals and assisting another 11.
He had loan spells at Birmingham, City West Ham, FC Rostov and former club Blackburn Rovers before being released by Spurs in 2013, with his retirement announced a year later.