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11th July 2016
09:18pm BST

Payet, who isn't exactly a tough tackling midfielder, has claimed that he had no intention of hurting Ronaldo.
"No, it was a challenge, that's all, period," the West Ham midfielder said after the game.
"I regained the possession and if I hurt him it was not intentional. It's not in my nature to be a bad guy on the pitch. There is no question about it."
The popular consensus was that Payet's challenge was clumsy, but not malicious. The game had yet to settle down at that point, and nerves appeared to have players adrenaline flowing, prompting some loose passes and, in Payet's case, a clumsy tackle.

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