The two rival managers clashed shortly after Arsenalâs League Cup final victory last month, with an agitated Hayes pictured shoving Eidevall and waving her finger in the Swedeâs direction.
It came after a separate altercation on the touchline involving Chelsea midfielder Erin Cuthbert, who had been thrown a spare ball to ensure a quick throw-in was taken as the Blues searched for an equaliser.
Discussing the moment after the Gunnersâ win, Eidevall revealed that the two teams had disagreed over whether or not there should be a multi-ball system in place at Molineux â and this was the source of the tension.
Hayes argued that Eidevall should have seen red for his behaviour and went on to accuse her counterpart of âmale aggressionâ at an extraordinary post-match press conference, comments which have divided fans and proven a hot topic of conversation in the media.
âIâve been in womenâs football a long time and I donât think we should tolerate male aggression like we did today,â Hayes told reporters.
âHe [Eidevall] received a yellow card but perhaps should have been more.
âFronting up or squaring up to a player is something thatâs unacceptable. Iâve never been booked in 12 years of my career.â
The FA have since confirmed that Hayes will face no action for pushing Eidevall but the Chelsea manager has received heavy criticism from some quarters, with Ian Wright claiming she could have âfinishedâ Eidevall with her accusation of âmale aggressionâ.
âWhen you talk about the clips, when you look at the clips, to use those words, âmale aggressionâ, and I donât know what was said with Erin Cuthbert when she went over to him, if heâs said anything, I donât know,â Wright said on The Overlap.
âBut she totally negated everything by pushing him afterwards.â
The ex-Arsenal and England striker added: âListen, she doesnât lose. Sheâs not used to losing.
âLast season she lost, now twice in that competition against Arsenal, but I thought that she would have gone in the dressing room afterwards and thought: âYou know something, I was out of orderâ.
âShe went in and doubled down on it and came out and said that. Itâs really tough.
âI can totally understand how sheâs feeling, sheâs not used to losing. But to come out like that, that could have finished him. If we donât see those clips and we can see that, that can finish him.â
Arsenal return to Womenâs Super League action this weekend and could move to within three points of second-placed Chelsea with victory over lowly Bristol City.
Addressing the media ahead of the match, Eidevall brushed off the significance of Hayesâ shove at the full-time whistle, but said the Chelsea manager had been âirresponsibleâ with her choice of words after the final.
Asked if he was surprised that the FA had not taken action over Hayesâ behaviour, Eidevall replied: âNot really. Itâs not really something Iâve thought much about.
âLike I said, I thought the comments I heard after the game were very irresponsible and they were not mirroring the conduct that I had in the technical area.
âThat, I thought, was irresponsible but thatâs basically all I think about it. The other parts, when we shake hands after the game, thatâs a very minor incident. For me, thatâs nothing.â
On Wrightâs claim that Hayesâ comments could have âfinishedâ him, Eidevall added: âI think always when you make comments about other people, you have to take into consideration what affects that can have.
âThatâs why you need to be, especially when youâre a leader, you need to be very good with your words. You need to understand the consequences of your actions and your language.
âThatâs why I think itâs really, really important that we treat each other with a lot of respect and that we stay at facts as much as possible and donât get too emotional.â
The Arsenal manager remains âvery happyâ with the way he conducted himself and âwouldnât do anything differentlyâ if he was made to relive the day again.
âItâs never nice when people say something about you that you donât find is true. Maybe Iâm lucky in that situation that everything I do is recorded,â he continued.
âSo, for me, itâs not my opinion or someone elseâs opinion.
âEverything is on video, everything is recorded, so I need to be accountable for my actions.
âThatâs what I can take responsibility for and in these situations here, I am accountable for that.
âIâm very happy with the way I conduct myself and I wouldnât do anything differently if I could redo it again.â
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