Cristian Romero claims he had no ‘in poor health will’ when he mocked Harry Maguire final month and feels the Manchester United captain is a ‘nice participant’.
The Argentine, who has excelled since becoming a member of Tottenham from Atalanta, got here underneath hearth for his response to Maguire’s personal purpose throughout Spurs’ March go to to Outdated Trafford.
Late within the recreation, Sergio Reguilon despatched a cross into the field that was deflected past David de Gea by a determined Maguire to tie the rating, with Romero shouting in his counterpart’s face when the ball discovered the again of the online.
Nonetheless, United and Maguire finally had the final snicker as Cristiano Ronaldo evaded Romero from a nook to finish his hat-trick and safe a 3-2 victory.
‘I feel typically issues occur in soccer and perhaps when you seize a second with a single photograph it will probably look like one thing that wasn’t actually taking place,’ Romero informed The Athletic.
‘I’ve acquired nothing however respect for Harry Maguire. He’s a high participant who’s having an incredible profession.
‘And customarily, I at all times respect my opponents so I feel individuals who don’t know in regards to the recreation pay money for a narrative and run with it and discuss one thing that’s not likely there.
‘Possibly on that event, I didn’t fairly do the appropriate factor however I had no dangerous intentions.’
Because the win, United have been booted out of the Champions League by Atletico Madrid, drawn at residence by Leicester, after which misplaced 1-0 to relegation-threatened Everton on Saturday.
Tottenham, alternatively, have collected a most 12 factors from their remaining 4 matches since dropping to United, scoring 14 objectives, and at the moment have a three-point cushion in fourth place with a positive run-in of fixtures.
