just before half-time with the score at 3-0, Ronaldo was involved in a play that probably should have seen him sent off .
Liverpool midfielder Curtis Jones successfully shielded a ball near the end note and then went down to the grind. While Jones was down, the reviewer ‘s pennywhistle sounded indicating a foul by Ronaldo .
But simultaneously to the pennywhistle, Ronaldo went in for a violent kick while the ball was tucked into Jones ‘s middle. Ronaldo made contact with the ball, but the impact was besides felt by a helpless and defenseless Jones.
How did Cristiano Ronaldo avoid a red batting order here ! ?
Things got heated at the end of the first half, and Ronaldo back pedalled pretty hard once Virgil van Dijk got involved. ? # PL # OptusSport pic.twitter.com/bcAckpye2s— Optus Sport (@OptusSport) October 25, 2021
With many watching at family expect to see a red wag, referee Anthony Taylor alternatively showed Ronaldo a yellow card after other Liverpool players confronted Ronaldo in the aftermath of the incident .
Jones besides stood up immediately to take emergence with the 36-year-old Portugal international, who went 90 minutes but only came up with one guess on target. Ronaldo besides had a finish disallowed for offside .
Liverpool coach Jurgen Klopp was asked about the incidental after the peer. amazingly, he was n’t advocating for Ronaldo to be disciplined .
“ For me it looked like [ a red menu ], but in the end I got told that [ Ronaldo ] hits the ball or did n’t hear the whistle or any, ” Klopp said .
“ That ‘s fine. I do n’t want Cristiano to get a red card. For me it looked like, but I got tell that it was not. That ‘s fine. ”
?️ ” For me it looked like … I do n’t want Cristiano getting a bolshevik card. ”
Jurgen Klopp on Cristiano Ronaldo ‘s kick on Curtis Jones ? # LFC pic.twitter.com/QJ6HbPJ5PQ
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— Empire of the Kop (@empireofthekop) October 24, 2021
Ronaldo does n’t precisely have a pristine track record in the crimson batting order department. He has seen his fair share of loss in his 20-year professional career. According to Transfermarkt, he has been the national of 11 sendings-off, including seven straight red cards and four for a second yellow card .
evening former Manchester United defender Gary Neville thought Ronaldo was set to receive a bolshevik tease. Neville was quoted as saying “ his promontory ‘s gone here ” during his comment of the game for Sky Sports .
Could Ronaldo make the title that he did n’t hear the whistle in this lawsuit ? Given that the whistle and his kick occur virtually simultaneously, he might have a case. But the violence with which he attempted to gain possession of the ball — shooting it into the player ‘s middle — does n’t give him the benefit of the doubt with some of the media and fans who reacted to it on sociable media :
Esto lo hace Pepe y… qué diríamos ? pic.twitter.com/HP753UYASw
— moisESPN (@moillorens) October 24, 2021
People saying he made no contact with Jones. Jones was on the floor after the initial afoul and Ronaldo kicks out twice. He knows precisely what he ’ s doing there. Could easily have been a red .
— Leanne Prescott (@_lfcleanne) October 24, 2021
Cristiano Ronaldo should be sent off there, if he ’ s not Ronaldo he probably is off. He knows what he is doing in my opinion, lashes out at Curtis Jones after an already high foot. very lucky homo not to be shown a red but frustration intelligibly showing # MUNLIV
— Josh Bunting (@Buntingfootball) October 24, 2021
Ronaldo has kicked Curtis Jones ( 3 ) more times than he ’ sulfur had shots on goal this half ( 2 ) .
— AmericanDan?? (@KingLuisIX) October 24, 2021
The lone cause why Ronaldo did n’t get a bolshevik card is because Curtis Jones did n’t make a meal of it not because he kicked the ball
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— PT (@the_mayor1996) October 24, 2021
Ronaldo today :
Shots on aim : 1
Shots of Curtis Jones : 3 pic.twitter.com/dOZpbJQhzc
— rishwrld ® (@rishwrld) October 24, 2021
If that ’ s Curtis Jones on Ronaldo it ’ s 100 % a loss .
— Mick Moran (@Mick_Moran_) October 24, 2021
?️ ‘Ronaldo was giving it big until Van Dijk came across and he started back-pedalling ‘ ? hypertext transfer protocol : //t.co/x6VXaeNIsg
— SPORTbible (@sportbible) October 24, 2021