Gerrard fumes and Henderson avoids red card after clash with Ronaldo and Mane

The last 16 of the imaginatively named King Cup saw Steven Gerrards Al-Ettifaq host a star-studded Al-Nassr side.

Henderson and Gini Wijnaldum both started in midfield for the home side, while Ronaldo, Sadio Mane, Otavio, Marcelo Brozovic, Aymeric Laporte and Alex Telles were among the familiar names in the opposition XI.

It was a game marred by refereeing controversy, with Ronaldo gesturing for official Piero Maza to be replaced at one stage.

Al-Nassr forward Talisca was sent off late into first-half stoppage time, before a flare-up as the game neared the end of the 90 minutes.

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