Immediately after the flight of Kerbogah's army the citadel of Antioch surrendered. According to the Anonymous its commander offered submission to Raymond of Toulouse, but some South Italians suggested that he accept the banner of Bohemond instead, and so the citadel went to the South Italian leader. It was a sour note of division after the great triumph, and it set the tone for a prolonged period of conflict within the crusader army. For Bohemond's ambition to control Antioch triggered a crisis which was exacerbated by other factors and which had a severe impact upon practical military necessity. Bohemond had made contact with Firuz, the betrayer of Antioch, and in the end the other leaders made him a conditional promise of the city: ‘on condition that if the emperor come to our aid and fulfil all his obligations which he promised, we will return the city to him as it is right to do’.

Immediately after the defeat of Kerbogah the princes met and sent Hugh of Vermandois to Constantinople, presumably to explain the situation to Alexius and ask for his help. It is interesting that even in the emergency, as Kerbogah's force approached, the majority of the leaders of the crusade stood by their oath to Alexius, but conditions now conspired to undermine that fidelity.