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Moussa Dembele Gave A Cristiano Ronaldo-esque Wink To The Camera After Aaron Cresswell's Red Card

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Updated 11:26 4 May 2022 GMT+1Published 07:55 8 Apr 2022 GMT+1

Moussa Dembele Gave A Cristiano Ronaldo-esque Wink To The Camera After Aaron Cresswell's Red Card

West Ham fans were incensed by the decision that could have ruined their chances of winning the Europa League tie, after Dembele went down.

Ryan Sidle

Ryan Sidle

Moussa Dembele gave a cheeky wink after getting Aaron Cresswell sent off in the Europa League, taking inspiration from Cristiano Ronaldo's antics in 2006.

West Ham United continued their impressive run in the Europa League on Thursday night, taking on Lyon in the quarter finals at the London Stadium.

Controversy reigned at the end of the first half as Aaron Cresswell was sent off for a challenge on former Celtic striker Dembele, as the full back grabbed the forward's striker just outside the box.

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The referee adjudged that the 25-year-old would have had a clear chance on goal had the full back not impeded him, and subsequently sent him off, whilst others weren't even sure it was a foul.

Dembele played his role in the situation perfectly and further wound up fans by delivering a wink to camera, with fans jumping to the conclusion it was proof of a dive.

The wink was reminiscents of the one that Ronaldo had delivered to his own bench, after he 'helped' get Wayne Rooney sent off in the World Cup, 16 years ago.

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At the time the pair were Manchester United teammates, when Rooney stamped on Ricardo Carvalho whilst the defender was all over him.

Ronaldo remonstrated with the referee telling him to produce a red card and when Rooney was given his marching orders he produced the infamous wink, maybe the lingering anger is why they're currently in a spat...

Rooney and Ronaldo share words after the sending off. Image: PA Images
Rooney and Ronaldo share words after the sending off. Image: PA Images


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On Thursday night, Hammers' fans argued everything from it being a 'dive,' to pointing out the fact that Dembele was going away from goal and using Kurt Zouma's presence as evidence it wasn't an obvious goal scoring opportunity, to argue against the red.

However, if the referee deemed it to be a foul, and with the Frenchman running at speed any contact was able to take him down, then he had little choice but to send him off.

VAR also was never going to overturn it, as it was in no way a 'clear and obvious error' from the man in the middle, no matter what the home fans said.

David Moyes' side actually took the lead at the start of the second half, when Jarrod Bowen pounced on a ball on the box and a deflection from Jerome Boateng helped the ball into the goal.

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Tanguay Ndombele back on loan at Lyon from West Ham's rivals Tottenham Hotspur typically came up with the equaliser but overall the English side might be happy to take a draw back to France next week.

Featured Image Credit: BT Sport

Topics: West Ham United, Moussa Dembele, Lyon, Ligue 1, Premier League, Cristiano Ronaldo, Europa League

Ryan Sidle
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Ryan is a journalist for SPORTbible with over eight years of experience. Passionate about all sports, he mainly covers football and F1 - Daniel Ricciardo once spent an entire interview referring to him as 'Ryan Gosling,' still his proudest moment.

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