In fairness, he’s been scarred before.
And, whilst Cristiano Ronaldo wasn’t denied one of the greatest goals of all time by a greedy, pointless Nani intervention this time, he was still denied a goal and they all count in the race to equal Messi’s Ballon d’Or count.
But poor Alvaro Arbeloa was just being a good team player when he came sliding in at full stretch to get on the end of Real Madrid’s third in their 3-0 win over Almeria.
He got in Ronaldo’s road though and, for that, he’s in trouble.
We’ve already seen Javier Hernandez facing UEFA charges for casting a shadow on Cristiano’s limelight and now Arbeloa is denying him simple tap-ins.
And, rather than run to celebrate with his defender for a rare goal, Ronaldo seems to kick out in frustration for what might have been.
He’s going to get a lot of people annoyed with this carry one but, technically, he’s just kicked a ball.
