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Controversy? Real Madrid s 180 million superstar escaped the red card with a scissor kick! The goalkeeper angrily criticized his opponent: his acting skills are exaggerated

6:03pm, 5 November 2025【Football】

In a focus match in the fourth round of the UEFA Champions League that ended on November 5, Real Madrid lost 0-1 away to Liverpool, suffering their first defeat in the Champions League and their second defeat in all competitions this season. In this game, Real Madrid was in poor overall condition. Only 2 of the 8 shots in the game were on target. Not only that, Real Madrid midfielder Bellingham, who is worth 180 million euros, is also suspected of escaping a red card.

In the 60th minute of the game, the score was still 0-0. Liverpool midfielder Hrafenbecher dribbled the ball forward and started attacking. Bellingham, who was a little impatient behind him, when it was obvious that he could no longer tackle the ball, directly used a scissor kick to tackle the Dutch midfielder.

Bellingham's foul is very similar to the scissor kick foul committed by Bayern winger Dias at the end of the half in this round's match against Paris Saint-Germain. However, Dias was sent off with a red card and Bellingham only received a yellow card in the end.

After the game, Bellingham was also questioned for escaping a red card. Goalkeeper Courtois also bluntly said that Real Madrid had too many unnecessary fouls in this game: "In the second half, we committed too many fouls near the penalty area, and our opponents were good at taking advantage of this and scoring goals."

However, the Belgian goalkeeper still supported Bellingham and angrily criticized Hrafenbecher for acting: "The foul before conceding the goal could have been avoided - I don't even think it constituted a foul. The opponent was suspected of exaggerating the fall to the ground for acting (I don 't think it is a foul either, it is thrown. )."

However, it was because of Bellingham's foul that gave Liverpool a free kick, and Szoboszlai took the penalty and McAllister scored the winning goal with a header. Real Madrid was also punished for unnecessary foul actions.