Cristiano Ronaldo has been criticized for an ‘aggressive’ act of ‘complete frustration’ throughout Manchester United’s Premier League conflict with Liverpool, as many followers discovered him fortunate to remain on the pitch.
The incident occurred in harm time approaching the top of the primary half.
The guests already Three-Zero up at Previous Trafford in opposition to their bitter rivals, tempers flared with United just about sure to fall to their third defeat of the season and stay eight factors off the title tempo.
Clearly pissed off, Ronaldo had sufficient of Curtis Jones rolling his foot over the ball and making an attempt to indicate him up after a shot of his was saved by Alisson and trickled in direction of the touchline.
Ronaldo is RATTLED ???? How is that not a crimson? pic.twitter.com/tvABgkaSye
— mx (@MessiMX30i) October 24, 2021
Issues bought heated on the finish of the primary half ⚔️ pic.twitter.com/PVu0sDwwEZ
— B/R Soccer (@brfootball) October 24, 2021
Ronaldo pls he’s Curtis Jones not Ole??? pic.twitter.com/9fOegEucyH
— Jacob? (@Primejake09) October 24, 2021
First knocking the 20-year-old to the ground, he then booted the ball into his abdomen because the England U21 was grounded, and plenty of discovered him fortunate to not have seen a crimson card and as an alternative of only a yellow.
“Wow, wow, wow! That’s complete frustration. It’s aggressive from Cristiano Ronaldo,” mentioned ex-Manchester United striker Dion Dublin on BBC.
“He does kick the ball, however the aggressive nature and having seen the replay then a yellow card might be truthful, however a variety of referees would have given a crimson for that.”
“Ronaldo is rattled” remarked one fan on-line, whereas one other quipped that he was getting “bodied” by Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk within the fixture.
? Ronaldo lashes out at Curtis Jones pic.twitter.com/Q0wDz1CbpA
— Matchday365 (@Matchday365) October 24, 2021
Ronaldo booked for a flare-up with Jones. You would possibly argue he's a bit fortunate to solely be booked.
— Ian Doyle (@IanDoyleSport) October 24, 2021
Ronaldo booked. He may have had a crimson. Liverpool aren't comfortable.
— Neil Jones (@neiljonesgoal) October 24, 2021
Genuinely staggered, by the best way, that Ronaldo wasn't despatched off. Unsure you would get a clearer instance of a participant lashing out at an opponent.
— Rory Smith (@RorySmith) October 24, 2021
“Cristiano Ronaldo continues being spoiled,” commented a Brazilian soccer fan web page alongside a vomit smiley.
“He is sufficiently old to be his father,” scoffed a separate occasion of the poor instance the 36-year-old was setting.
“[Eden] Hazard in opposition to ball boy vibes,” was one other conclusion, in reference to when the Belgian now at Actual Madrid kicked a teenager deemed to be giving a bonus to Swansea in opposition to Chelsea.
mans getting bodied by Van Dijk??
— goat_news (@goatnews4) October 24, 2021
Hazard in opposition to ball boy vibes
— Zabba ✇ (@Goatdiel) October 24, 2021
FT: Manchester United Zero-5 Liverpool pic.twitter.com/VzaFsMSN3c
— Aim (@objective) October 24, 2021
Mohamed Salah then making it 4, the Egyptian accomplished his hat-trick 5 minutes after the interval to place up a monstrous 5-Zero scoreline which remained previous Paul Pogba being dismissed for the same second of indiscipline on the hour mark.
By one in every of their most memorable victories behind enemy traces, Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool moved inside some extent of leaders Chelsea as requires his reverse quantity Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to be dismissed grew.