Liverpool fans extend support to Cristiano Ronaldo after death of new-born son

Manchester United’s star football, Cristiano Ronaldo didn’t play the highly anticipated fixture against Liverpool as one of his newborn son passed away recently. He took to his social media handle to share the tragic news with his fans on Monday.

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Ronaldo and his partner, Georgina Rodriguez, were expecting twins. While, the latter had given birth to a girl, the son, however, sadly the son passed away. Ronaldo asked for privacy and, later, it was revealed that he won’t be turning up for his club in the high-profile contest.

A lot of prominent personalities, Manchester United and also English Premier League took to their respective social media handles to extend support to the Manchester United’s footballer, following the tragic incident.

For the unversed, the match between both the teams has concluded. Liverpool thrashed Manchester United by 4-0 margin. In a heart-warming gesture during the game, Liverpool extended support to Cristiano Ronaldo in light of the tragic incident.

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The Red fans sang the Liverpool song, “You will never walk alone” to pay respect to the 37-year old footballer. They made the gesture in the seventh minute of the game while taking into consideration his jersey number.

A number of videos regarding the same have been doing the rounds on social media and the whole football fraternity were left in awe.

Following the heart-warming gesture, Ronaldo’s family members thanked the club for extending their support. On watching the tribute, Ronaldo's sister Elma wrote on Instagram, "Thank you for this, Liverpool. We will never forget what you did today."

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Anfield showed love to Cristiano Ronaldo's family 👏

(via @beINSPORTS_EN)pic.twitter.com/KbWD2j45gN

— B/R Football (@brfootball) April 19, 2022

in memory of Cristiano Ronaldo's baby son, who died yesterday, Liverpool fans applauded and sang You'll Never Walk Alone in the seventh minute ❤️❤️

🎥 @cxm#LIVMUN #Ronaldo pic.twitter.com/jI4Oz8J2CZ

— 90Soccers (@9Soccers) April 19, 2022

Here's a look at some of the reactions from the fans:

Compare Liverpool fans singing You’ll Never Walk Alone in respect for Cristiano Ronaldo with City Fans booing the tribute to the victims of Hillsborough at Wembley. Liverpool fans have class.

— Brian Tweedale (@BrianHTweed) April 19, 2022

Great respect shown at anfield @LFC for @Cristiano !! Loosing a child is a pain you can’t really describe!!! Some respect for Liverpool fans 👏🏽🙌🏻 #MUNLIV

— Yuvraj Singh (@YUVSTRONG12) April 19, 2022

Liverpool were brilliant tonight, on and off the pitch. Never seen anything quite like this stunning show of support for a player from a club’s most bitter historic rivals. Well played Liverpool fans - I’m sure this meant so much to @Cristiano & his family. https://t.co/sRY04emRCg

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) April 19, 2022

Cristiano Ronaldo has thanked the Liverpool crowd at Anfield for their beautiful gesture of respect and compassion for him and his family. pic.twitter.com/CJUjOZOkeK

— Preeti (@MadridPreeti) April 21, 2022

Manchester United also released a statement on their official website, appreciating Liverpool’s supporters for their tribute.

“A fan-led minute’s applause will be held in the seventh minute of the game, in a tribute to the Portuguese striker and his partner Georgina after they announced the loss of their newborn baby boy on Monday.

Messages of support from across the football world are continually flooding in on social media, and everybody’s thoughts are with the Ronaldo family right now.

While United and Liverpool share English football's greatest rivalry, there is deep-rooted respect held between the two clubs, and that will be highlighted by the minute’s applause, which was initially suggested by fans of the Merseyside team." Manchester United wrote in a statement on the official website.