Richards put in an impressive performance in the win over Everton
Manchester City manager Mark Hughes has played down reports of a training ground bust-up with Micah Richards.
Newspaper reports claimed the 20-year-old had a row with his boss on Friday but Hughes, speaking after the 2-1 win at Everton, insisted it was minor.
"People seem to be making a big thing of the little exchange we had," said Hughes. "These things happen time and time again at training grounds.
"If it had been a serious incident he wouldn't have played on Saturday."
Richards put in an impressive performance as goals from Robinho and Stephen Ireland earned City only their second away win of the season at Goodison Park.
And Hughes was keen to stress that it was a case of much ado about nothing.
"Our training ground is a little bit open and every day we have long-range lenses pointed in our direction," said the Welshman.
"I didn't pay much attention to the incident at the time. It was something and nothing and it didn't affect Micah's performance, I thought he was excellent.
"The fact that I played him today shows you the strength of it."
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