Liverpool’s Roberto Firmino called Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos an idiot.
Ramos has also been accused of deliberately elbowing Loris Karius shortly before the first of his two game-changing mistakes – an incident that is believed to have caused the Liverpool goalkeeper to
“I am only missing Roberto Firmino saying he got a cold because a drop of my sweat landed on him,” the 32-year-old told Spanish newspaper AS.
Such a mocking tone has not gone down well with Firmino.
“I prefer not to make any comments,” he said in a news conference at Brazil’s pre-World Cup training camp in London. I think he has a view because he was the champion but I thought he was an idiot for what he said, but that’s okay.”
Karius’ final woes have prompted widespread speculation Liverpool will seek a new goalkeeper, with Firmino’s international team-mate Alisson one of the leading names on the market after a stellar season with Roma.