LaLiga: Antonio Rudiger reacts as Diego Rico claims he almost killed him

Real Madrid defender, Antonio Rudiger, has deed backmost astatine Gatafe left-back, Diego Rico, pursuing the Spaniard’s absorption aft the German fouled him.

He said the Spanish defender had exaggerated the incident.

Rico had deed retired astatine the Germany International aft Getafe were beaten 4-1 astatine the weekend, saying the Real Madrid defender wanted to wounded to him badly.

Reacting up of their Champions League crippled against Manchester City astatine the Etihad connected Tuesday, Rudiger said Rico would not person been capable to basal connected his feet again if helium wanted to wounded him.

“Yeah, astatine the extremity of the day, you spot the images with dilatory motion. Of course, it looks terrible. I don’t instrumentality thing distant from it. But successful the enactment itself, I think, and besides what the subordinate said, like, I don’t instrumentality thing distant from him.

“But arsenic the subordinate said that helium was like, I astir killed him, oregon thing similar this, I deliberation helium doesn’t request to exaggerate, because, if I had the volition to bash that, helium wouldn’t have[been able] to basal up. I don’t warrant it.

“But the mode helium spoke aft the crippled is similar I killed him.

“And sometimes pictures successful the VAR they look a bit, yeah, precise horrible, and everything. And yes, so, wherefore didn’t I get sent off?

“So astatine the extremity of the day, it was ne'er my volition to bash intent connected him. Like we each cognize I’m a player, I similar to beryllium pugnacious connected the transportation and eve...