{"id":14727,"date":"2022-04-10T09:01:15","date_gmt":"2022-04-10T13:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/04\/10\/police-to-quiz-manchester-uniteds-cristiano-ronaldo-over-alleged-assault\/"},"modified":"2022-04-10T09:01:15","modified_gmt":"2022-04-10T13:01:15","slug":"police-to-quiz-manchester-uniteds-cristiano-ronaldo-over-alleged-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/04\/10\/police-to-quiz-manchester-uniteds-cristiano-ronaldo-over-alleged-assault\/","title":{"rendered":"Police to quiz Manchester United\u2019s Cristiano Ronaldo over \u2018alleged assault\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Merseyside police are investigating an incident involving Cristiano Ronaldo following the end of Manchester United\u2019s meeting with Everton at Goodison Park on Saturday April 9th, according to reports.<\/p>\n<p>As per the Telegraph, Cristiano Ronaldo is facing a police investigation over an \u2018alleged assault\u2019 as he left the pitch following\u00a0Manchester United\u2019s 1-0 defeat at Everton.<\/p>\n<p>It is added that Merseyside Police confirmed that they have been liaising with the two clubs after video footage emerged of him appearing to hit a phone out of the hand of a young fan.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement issued to Telegraph Sport, Merseyside Police confirmed an assault allegation:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are liaising with Manchester United Football Club and Everton FC following reports of an alleged assault at the Everton v Manchester United football match,\u201d said a spokesperson.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs players were leaving the pitch at 2.30pm it was reported that a boy was assaulted by one of the away team as they left the pitch. Inquiries are underway and officers are currently working with Everton Football club to review CCTV footage and are carrying out extensive witness enquiries to establish if an offence has taken place.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Police to quiz Cristiano Ronaldo over \u2018alleged assault\u2019 after \u2018mobile phone knocked out of young fan\u2019s hand\u2019 | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JWTelegraph?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JWTelegraph<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_ChrisBascombe?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@_ChrisBascombe<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fZ0Nm7Bk5Q\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/fZ0Nm7Bk5Q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Telegraph Football (@TeleFootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TeleFootball\/status\/1513112561683775489?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nElsewhere, Ronaldo took to social media on Saturday evening to apologise for what he called an \u2018outburst\u2019.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; 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