A furious Cristiano Ronaldo and Jordan Henderson were involved in a heated dispute following an ill-tempered King Cup clash between Al-Nassr and Al-Ettifaq on Tuesday.
Footage from full-time shows Ronaldo exchanging angry words with Henderson after Al-Ettifaq had claimed a contentious 1-0 win after extra time.
A clearly animated Ronaldo gestured towards the England international on multiple occasions in the fiery conversation on the pitch at the King Saud University Stadium in Riyadh.
The discussion between the the ex-Man United star and former Liverpool captain then continued as they walked off the field together, with Ronaldo seen throwing his arms in the air and shaking his head.
Henderson appears to be trying to calm down the agitated Portuguese star as they head towards their respective dressing rooms.
Henderson, who left Liverpool to join Steven Gerrard's Al-Ettifaq in a shock move in the summer, had incited a brawl during his team's 1-0 win as he escaped a red card despite shoving Al-Nassr's Otavio to the ground twice.
Following a trip on Al-Nassr forward Otavio by Al-Ettifaq midfielder Ali Hazazi, Henderson forcefully backed up his team-mate and twice pushed the Portuguese international to the ground.
Al-Nassr players, including Ronaldo, were incensed by the altercation as both sets of players came together in the closing stages of an ill-tempered tie.
But the 33-year-old Henderson escaped a red card despite his central role in the scuffle, while Hazazi was dismissed by the referee.
Ronaldo also bizarrely demanded a referee be substituted during the quarter-final clash.
He had been angered by the performance of the referee in the closing stages of the first half.
His team-mate Anderson Talisca appeared to have given Al-Nassr the lead in stoppage time as he turned in a cross at the back post.
Talisca's effort was initially awarded by Chilean referee Piero Maza but was chalked off following a VAR review after Ronaldo was adjudged to have been offside and interfering with play.
Ronaldo signalled to the bench for a substitution before pointing directly at the referee.
Moments later, Maza booked Talisca after the Al-Nassr player caught an opponent with his left arm.
Another VAR review led to the yellow card being upgraded to a red as Talisca was deemed to have struck out with his arm.
The cup game was the first meeting between Ronaldo and Henderson in Saudi Arabia.
Henderson, who reportedly pockets £700,000-a-week after his stunning £12m switch from Anfield, made his full debut against Al-Nassr but Ronaldo missed the clash in August through injury.
Shmonny
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Only lagend will understand
Nam_So
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done and dusted
Mangisha
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Ronaldo be like you why did you come here. Jordan be like the same reason as you. Money.
Pato93
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Ronaldo stop fighting bcuz they gave Messi world best player plz
DavidMessi1
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Is it because Henderson was wearing the number 10😂😂…. It’s not easy being Ronaldo at the moment
Helderp73770
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