Despite walking away with the Football Writers’ Association’s Player of the Year award, Parker's season ultimately ended in disappointment as West Ham were relegated to the Championship.
The former Charlton, Chelsea and Newcastle United midfielder was one of the few players from that side to emerge with any credit; his passionate displays endearing him to fans and neutrals alike.
The game eventually finished 3-3 with Carlton Cole – who netted the equaliser – praising his captain for an “inspirational” team-talk.
"I got caught in the moment. I can’t remember the words, but I was really angry," he says in the July issue of FourFourTwo magazine, out now.
"That’s not like me and I suppose it was that, rather than what I said, that shocked everyone!
"As a senior player you have a role. You have to help the manager and endorse his messages."
Although aware that it could be his last chance to make a starting position his own, Parker feels he has nothing to prove to the Italian, even after Capello decided against taking Parker to the World Cup in South Africa last summer.
"I don’t think I had anything to prove, put it that way," he says. "Maybe it did serve as a motivation, but the manager made his decision and I can see why he made it."
The full in-depth interview with Scott Parker can be found in the July issue of FourFourTwo – out now – in which the midfielder talks about his favourite moment of the season and his secret to staying in shape.
The issue also features exclusive one-on-ones with Rafael van der Vaart and Nemanja Vidic and an in-depth report on how to save Brazil ahead of the 2014 World Cup. Subscribe now!
