Liverpool supporters gave goosebumps with a special gesture. In the 7th minute of the game against ManUnited, they clapped for the missing Cristiano Ronaldo. The superstar mourns his son.
The fans of Liverpool FC and Manchester United unanimously rose from their seats, applauded together for 60 seconds – and fervently agreed to the legendary “You’ll never walk alone”: For a moment even one of the greatest rivalries in English football rested. The 52,686 spectators on Anfield Road supported Cristiano Ronaldo with their symbolic action after seven minutes of the game and expressed their solidarity with the superstar in the most difficult hours.
Not the clear 4:0 (2:0) of his “Reds” in the top game, but that gesture was in the foreground for Jürgen Klopp. “That was my moment of the game,” emphasized the team manager: “That’s exactly how football should be – all rivalries aside at this moment. The fans showed great class. There are so many things in life that are much more important than football, we feel for Cristiano and his family.”
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The five-time world footballer informed his partner Georgina Rodriguez about the loss of their newborn son on Monday evening. While a girl was born safe, her twin brother died at or shortly after birth. “Only the birth of our baby girl gives us the strength to have some hope and cheerfulness in this moment,” it said.
“The whole team, the whole club is with him,” said his coach Ralf Rangnick: “It was clear to me that he had to be where he is: with his family.”
The fan action for Ronaldo in the 7th minute alludes to the fact that the superstar has worn the shirt number 7 in club and national team for years. All Liverpool and Manchester professionals played with black armbands on Tuesday night.