Cristiano Ronaldo makes Liverpool consider mistake after 'not very difficult decision'

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Former Liverpool goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher expertly saved a penalty from Cristiano Ronaldo during Ireland's 1-0 defeat to Portugal on Saturday nightCaoimhín Kelleher reminded Liverpool what they're missing out on during Ireland's 1-0 defeat to Portugal on Saturday night. The Manchester United legend stepped up and, instead of aiming for a corner, he tried to outwit Kelleher.Ronaldo fired the ball straight down the middle, and as the former Liverpool shot-stopper dived to his right, he managed to deflect the shot with his trailing leg.Kelleher prevented the five-time Ballon d'Or winner from scoring, providing his nation with renewed hope of snatching a victory.The Brentford goalkeeper has now successfully saved four of the last seven penalties he's faced for both club and country, with the most recent stops coming against Ronaldo, Bruno Fernandes and Kylian Mbappe.Since swapping Anfield for the G-Tech Community Stadium, Kelleher hasn't looked back, while Liverpool have seemed vulnerable without him.Giorgi Mamardashvili made his first Premier League appearance just before the international break, and Arne Slot's team looked unsteady at the back when they suffered a 2-1 defeat to Chelsea.

Sometimes, we coaches try to look at performance when we lose games."I think what we planned to do, our game plan, worked. What we planned to do, I think that worked."The Ireland manager added: "And that's even worse that we didn't get anything from the match.

Just being so close and ending up with nothing going back to Ireland is painful.Sky Sports discounted Premier League and EFL packageThis article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it. He said: "I wouldn't have given it."We cannot argue that it went to the hand, but the hand was close to the chest.