Jordan Henderson escapes a red card despite inciting a BRAWL after shoving Otavio to the ground TWICE during Al-Ettifaq's 1-0 King Cup defeat to Cristiano Ronaldo's Al-Nassr

Former Liverpool skipper Jordan Henderson escaped a reddish paper successful a heated King Cup conflict between Al-Ettifaq and Al-Nassr. 

His aged Reds workfellow Sadio Mane scored an extra-time victor to nonstop nan Cristiano Ronaldo-led squad successful nan quarter-finals but it was nan actions of Henderson astatine nan extremity of regular clip that grabbed nan headlines. 

Following a travel connected Al-Nassr guardant Otavio, by Al-Ettifaq midfielder midfielder Ali Hazazi, Henderson forcefully backed up his team-mate a doubly shoved nan Portuguese world to nan ground. 

Al-Nassr players, including Ronaldo, were incensed by nan altercation arsenic some sets of players came together successful nan closing stages of an ill-tempered tie. 

Remarkably, nan 33-year-old escaped a reddish paper contempt his cardinal domiciled successful nan scuffle, while Hazazi was dismissed by nan referee. 

After nan last whistle an irate Ronaldo could beryllium seen confronting Henderson, who sought to calm down nan five-time Ballon d'Or winner.  

Al-Nassr, who had earlier seen guardant Talisca sent disconnected successful first half stoppage time, yet had nan past laughter arsenic Mane netted to nonstop them through.

The triumph extended nan Riyadh-based side's unbeaten tally to 15 games successful each competitions this season. They beryllium 4 points down table-toppers Al-Hilal aft 11 games. 

Al-Ettifaq, who are managed by Liverpool fable Steven Gerrard, person not fared arsenic good this word and are seventh successful nan standings.