Referee fuels Nani red card fury as he follows REAL MADRID and RONALDO on Twitter
TURKISH referee Cuneyt Cakir, who controversially sent off Nani in Manchester United's Champions League defeat to Real Madrid, follows Cristiano Ronaldo and Real Madrid on Twitter.
Cuneyt Cakir shows Nani a red card in Manchester United's Champions League defeat to Real Madrid
Cakir has tweeted 164 times since joining the site in July last year and follows 38 users, including Real Madrid and their star man Ronaldo, who scored the decisive goal in his side's 2-1 win on Tuesay night.
The ref has so far shown an incredible 36 yellows and three reds in just eight club games since mid-January.
Cakir, who now has more than 11,000 followers, has received abuse from angry Manchester United fans distraught with the decision that cost their side a place in the world's top club competition.
Nani was sent off in the 56th minute for a high challenge on Alvaro Arbeloa and joins John Terry, Gary Cahill and Steven Gerrard among the English-based players that the Turk has sent off.
But Cakir looks unlikely to tweet again after telling his followers in Turkish five days before the United match that he would withdraw from Twitter because he didn't deserve the insults.
Ryan Giggs remonstrates with referee Cuneyt Cakir after Nani was controversially sent off
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