Darren Moore addresses Sheffield Wednesday's touchline spat during Peterborough United defeat

Smith was booked following the confrontation with Byers as the player was substituted following Reece James's red card as Moore looked to reorganise his side.

Moore missed the incident as the pair exchanged words following Byers's withdrawal but he will discuss what happened between the pair behind closed doors - although he reckons it was all down to frustration.

“After the sending off I was just thinking in my head about getting in at half time," said the Wednesday boss.

“Firstly you don’t think anything like that is going to happen - but I’ll ask the questions to both men, and see what was said.

“I would almost 100 per cent put it down to frustration, heat of the moment and the pulsating atmosphere. If it’s anymore than that I’d be really surprised.

“I’m not really alarmed by it or anything, but I will look into it, and when we have the press conference on Friday I’ll happily speak about what went on.”

Moore blamed Wednesday’s first defeat of the Sky Bet League One campaign on James's red card. The on-loan Blackpool player was sent off 34 minutes into his first league start for the Owls after a reckless challenge on Joe Ward.

That had a major impact on the game with 10-man Wednesday eventually succumbing to two carbon copy Posh goals from the right in the second half.

Ward delivered for captain Jonson Clarke-Harris to head the opener in the 65th minute, before Jack Taylor doubled the lead in almost identical style from a Ben Thompson cross.

Owls boss Moore said: “It’s our first loss of the season and it came 100 per cent from a sending off.

“I felt we had the upper hand in the game and I’m disappointed with the red card but I’ve seen it again and I can understand it. It’s not deliberate from Reece, but his leg is high and straight and the lad ran into him. That gave the referee a decision to make and it went against us.

“The sending off changed the course of the game. Up until then we felt Peterborough were really nervous and we were getting on top of them. Everything about our performance was right until the red card.

“The two goals we conceded were almost replicas of each other and we need to have a look back at whether we could have defended those crosses better. We’re very disappointed and angry to have lost the game, but that’s part of football and we’ve got to make sure we recover from it.”