Watch: Ronaldo escapes pink as he seems to punch Irish participant earlier than taking a spot kick

It has been a whirlwind week for Cristiano Ronaldo with him lastly changing into a Manchester United participant on deadline day after a digital tug-of-war between Manchester City and the Red Devils for his signature.
But as they are saying, wherever Ronaldo goes, a bit little bit of drama follows. On a day the place he broke the lads’s worldwide scoring file in a World Cup qualifier towards Ireland, the Portuguese maestro was within the centre of controversy once more as he escaped a possible pink card after he appeared to take a swipe at Irish participant Dara O’Shea.

How is that this not a pink card for Mr Influencer Ronaldo?pic.twitter.com/jZcvvUME2g
— Edmund 💉 (@EdmundOris) September 1, 2021
In the tenth minute of the sport in Faro, Ronaldo’s Portugal teammate Bruno Fernandes went down below contact from Jeff Hendrick, after Ireland misplaced a move in their very own penalty space.
There was a prolonged VAR examine on the penalty and it was given. As Ronaldo was making ready to take the spot kick, West Brom man O’Shea rolled the ball away from the spot and the Portuguese striker appeared to punch O’Shea’s arm. The incident, nonetheless, was not reviewed by the VAR and Ronaldo was allowed to take the kick which was saved by teenage goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu.
Lots of followers have been sad with the choice they usually took on Twitter to vent out their frustrations and puzzled how Ronaldo ended up and not using a pink card.
The Portuguese celebrity would finally finish the night time on a excessive after scoring 2 late objectives handy Portugal a 2-1 victory in addition to breaking the lads’s worldwide scoring file.