Cristiano Ronaldo, a Manchester United player, has expressed gratitude to Liverpool fans for their outpouring of love for him and his partner, Georgina Rodriguez, following the heartbreaking death of their infant boy.
Ronaldo announced the death of his kid on his Twitter account on Monday night.
Ronaldo and Georgina were expecting twins, but the baby boy died before his daughter was born.
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Man United excused the 37-year-old from playing against Liverpool on Tuesday night, as the Red Devils fell 4-0 at Anfield against Jurgen Klopp’s side.
However, the Anfield supporters sang “You’ll Never Walk Alone” in the seventh minute of last night’s league clash between Man United and Liverpool and joined fans of their fierce rivals in an impeccably-respected minute’s applause as they paid tribute to Ronaldo’s son.
Reacting, Ronaldo, in a post via his Instagram account, wrote on Thursday, shared a video of the gesture and wrote: ‘One world… One sport… One global family… Thanks, Anfield.
“Me and my family will never forget this moment of respect and compassion.”
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Meanwhile, speaking about the tribute after the match, Liverpool coach Jurgen Klopp said: “My moment of the game was the seventh minute when the whole stadium showed pure class, so many things are much more important in life than football.
“We feel for Cristiano and his family. That was my moment of the game.”
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