Top 5 instances where Cristiano Ronaldo lost his temper

#4 Pep push-gate

Cristiano Ronaldo pushes Pep Guardiola

El Clasico ties are always a heated encounter and it reached a pinnacle during the Mourinho-Guardiola era. While Real Madrid players used a rough brand of football against them, Barcelona countered it with even worse theatrics.

Also, the fact that Barca were much superior at that time also played a big role in developing fierce animosity between the two teams. Real Madrid wanted to get out of Barca’s shadow while the Blaugranas' radiance just kept burgeoning with vigour.

At a time like this, the tension in the Clasicos made the stadium environment pressure cooker-like. Being in the mix of things, the players felt the most of it. So when Pep Guardiola, in a bid to waste a precious few seconds, throws the ball away from Cristiano Ronaldo instead of giving it to him.

You see, the ball had gone out of play and the former Manchester United man was walking towards and asking Pep to give him the ball. The Catalan simply did what I wrote above and enacted the Portuguese’s wrath.

Cristiano then pushed the former Barcelona manager, inciting the fury of Barcelona players. Things soon turned messy and the referees had to interfere in order to bring balance back into the game.