An FC Barcelona star has claimed he was hacked after seemingly insulting a Real Madrid player on social media during their UEFA Champions League hammering of Liverpool on Tuesday night.
Real claimed an emphatic 5-2 victory over the Reds in the first leg of their round of 16 tie at Anfield.
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The match served up some thrilling action as the English giants squandered a 2-0 lead after early goals by Darwin Nunez and Mohamed Salah, with Vinicius Junior and Karim Benzema both netting a brace, while defender Eder Militao also got on the scoresheet for the reigning champions of the competition.
The action-packed fixture also saw some horrendous goalkeeper errors by both the Merseysiders' Alisson and Real's Thibaut Courtois.
However, Barcelona centre-back Ronald Araujo raised eyebrows online when he seemingly targeted Los Blancos defender Nacho, who replaced David Alaba at left-back in the 27th minute after the Austrian picked up an injury.
According to Football Espana, a post made on the Uruguay international's official Twitter account read: "What a mistake from Nacho! Caught sleeping in the area and it could cause a major mess."
Shortly after, however, the 23-year-old deleted the tweet and insisted he was not responsible for the controversial remark as he had been hacked.
"Account hacked. Apologies to all my followers and all fanbases. All under control," Araujo wrote.
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Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp, meanwhile, had nothing but praise for Nacho, stating that his side's underwhelming second-half display was partly down to the Spaniard's solid performance.
"Nacho came on and played very well," the German tactician said after the game.
"Alaba is a great player, sure, but Nacho… How many years has he been at Madrid?
"He had offensive moments but in defence he was very secure.
"In the second half, we didn't compete as much."
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