April 15 Social Zone: Fallout from *that* Casemiro tackle, plus a fantastic Foden finish

Andy Robertson confronts Casemiro after tackling James Milner

The Champions League was front and centre on Wednesday night, with Real Madrid and Manchester City booking their places in the semi-finals. Here's the best of the socials on the night.

SOCCER: It all kicked off as Liverpool were knocked out of the Champions League by Real Madrid on Wednesday night. Casemiro's lunge on James Milner caused a big angry reaction from the Liverpool bench. Zinedine Zidane, meanwhile...

Zidane there, absolutely living for Casemiro's shithousery pic.twitter.com/gF2frD2CVx
— FootballJOE (@FootballJOE) April 14, 2021

Here's that tackle, just so you can see what the fuss was about:

Casemiro absolutely clattering James Milner just seconds after getting fouled #LiverpoolRealMadrid pic.twitter.com/TxQ0NUGmVN
— Rasmus Juan #RestoreTheSnyderVerse (@RasmusJuan) April 14, 2021

But when you see what Casemiro was responding to, it's more like an eye for an eye (background music an optional extra):

Casemiro did what I would have done pic.twitter.com/xit4zfKsRT
— N (@asensiones) April 14, 2021

It was all smiles from Casemiro afterwards though, with the glow of a shiny man of the match trophy in shot:

??@Casemiro: "I'm very happy to win this trophy! But it's not just mine, it's thanks to the effort of the whole team. We're in the semi-finals! We're going to fight for everything. For the league, for the #UCL, we can do it. All together, both are so important to us. Big hug!" pic.twitter.com/CxeK5rKz2X
— Real Madrid C.F. ???? (@realmadriden) April 14, 2021

SOCCER: Head in hands, diplomatic writing, 'gave it everything' - Gini Wijnaldum with a textbook Tweet After a Defeat (trademark pending).

Frustrating to see our Champions League campaign come to an end this way. We gave it all tonight, but no luck to finish it ? #UCL #LIVRMA pic.twitter.com/KyIpWqWsrj
— Gini Wijnaldum (@GWijnaldum) April 14, 2021

SOCCER: Elsewhere, Manchester City made it through to set up a semi-final with PSG - with Phil Foden enjoying a footballing father/son moment with Pep on the touchline after his goal secured their progress to the last four.

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You can't blame him though, what a strike this was:

Phil Foden scores a crucial goal on the road for Man City! ?

You can see what it means to Pep Guardiola! pic.twitter.com/uYXrZlLYns

— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) April 14, 2021

Now that the semi-finalists are decided, you can see our look at the favourites to lift the Champions League trophy.

SOCCER: Naturally, seeing two opposing players talking at the end of the game has got people asking if they'll be playing together after the transfer window.

Never understood the mouth-covering thing by the way, but if you can lip-read from a distant camera shot then fair play to you.

Two young stars chatting after the second leg of Manchester City vs Dortmund ?

Will they be team-mates next season? ? pic.twitter.com/LKN3YvB0At
— Goal (@goal) April 15, 2021

SOCCER: This just in from Spurs. It'll take a lot more than a good lick of paint to gloss over this bizarre sponsorship deal.

We are delighted to announce @duluxuk, the nation’s number one paint brand, as our first ever Official Paint Supplier.#THFC ⚪ #COYS
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) April 15, 2021