Manchester United's draw against Southampton on Saturday featured a bizarre incident in which Cristiano Ronaldo appeared to spit in the direction of teammate Anthony Elanga.
Footage from BT Sport shows the five-time Ballon d'Or spit while standing behind the teenage forward, with some of the saliva seemingly landing on the latter's shirt.
Elanga seemed completely oblivious to the exchange, but the footage went viral on social media, leaving viewers perplexed as to what they had just witnessed.
'I’m sure the FA have seen Ronaldo spit on Elanga,' one user wrote.
'And i’m expecting a deserved punishment. that’s really unnecessary deliberate or not.'
Another added: 'This needs explaining, Did Ronaldo really just spit on Anthony Elanga. Did United play that bad?'
Other viewers, meanwhile, appeared to be more confused.
'Did I see things or did anyone else [see] Ronaldo spit towards the back of Elanga at the end of the game?,' one user said.
'Did Ronaldo just spit on his own teammate?,' another wrote.
However, Elanga's lack of reaction appeared to suggest the incident was nothing more than an optical illusion generated by the camera angle, as some Twitter users pointed out.
'I hope it's just the camera angle and Ronaldo didn't just spit on Elanga,' one user said, while another added: 'Look clearly, Ronaldo is farther than Elanga, he didn't spit on him.'
Ronaldo failed to score for the sixth consecutive game - his worst goal drought in club football in 12 years - as United were held to a 1-1 draw by Southampton at Old Trafford.
Jadon Sancho scored his second goal in three appearances in all competitions to put Ralf Rangnick's men in front after 25 minutes, only for Che Adams to draw the visitors level two minutes after the restart.
The draw left United fifth on the table level on points with West Ham United and seven points behind third-placed Chelsea.
CashErra10
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Maguire is actually good, he just needs a good coach that will advise him to retire.
FrankUtd
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All football looking for everything possible to bring down Ronaldo but one thing is certain the dude doesn’t have anything to prove to the work. It’s not easy to be consistent for more than a decade.
PatricksHero
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Harry Maguire has invented a new Marking skill called No look defending😃😂
Havoc360
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Zouma couldn’t believe
IPEN17
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Audience: Ronaldo willfully intended to kick Jones. Media and officials: No he's kicking the ball Audience: Ronaldo disrespected his nation and team mates by throwing the armband Media/Officials: He's just being frustrated by the lack of goal like technology it's a goal and later modified it by selling the armband and gave the money for charity. EPL RULES: No two players are allow to wear and play with the same shirt number in the same club in the same season. Media/Officials: Since Daniel James left to Leeds on loan and CAVANI wore number 21 in the national team in the 2018 world cup, I think he'll be happy to embrace his national team shirt number again to let Ronaldo wear his iconic number 7. Audience: Did I just see Ronaldo spit on Elanga? Media/Officials: Since Elanga did not react act to it then it's nothing worth to talk of. Ronaldo has broken so many records I admired that but broken rules for a single person against the wish and well-being of others is injustice, which even the most educated and literary world is failing to address just because of a single person signifies a hidden agenda.
aguero_10
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Underrated Goalkeeper 🤩🤩
Raphiejay
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Everyone wants to troll maguire instead of the actual problem with the team 🤦🏾♂️
Vowcilt
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When Ronaldo retires, Allfootball will also close down their app, cos there will be no news for them again 😒😒😒
I pray for him to retire tomorrow just to u see that the all world will make a party specially the dressing room of United
Sadiqsavage
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When Ronaldo retires, Allfootball will also close down their app, cos there will be no news for them again 😒😒😒
They will write article on his bed time