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Published 10:19 7 Mar 2019 GMT
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"There is no penalty. How can it be a handball when it hits his back! Go fuck yourselves!"Neymar, who missed the game through injury, has a tendency to take defeats badly and his manager, Thomas Tuchel, discussed the Brazilian's infamously fiery attitude after the game. "Of course it's a strong reaction, he was at the field," Tuchel said of Neymar's response. "Sometimes after a big fight you use words and reaction emotionally that you take back some hours later. "He wanted to come back with us in the quarter-finals and he's been biting his nails at every game we've played, so don't be too hard with him. I wouldn't over-interpret the use of his words. In the heat of the moment, it's quickly typed into a smart phone."
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