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April 15 Social Zone: Fallout from *that* Casemiro tackle, plus a fantastic Foden finish

Andy Robertson confronts Casemiro after tackling James Milner

The Champions League was front and centre on Wednesday night, with Real Madrid and Manchester City booking their places in the semi-finals. Here's the best of the socials on the night.

SOCCER: It all kicked off as Liverpool were knocked out of the Champions League by Real Madrid on Wednesday night. Casemiro's lunge on James Milner caused a big angry reaction from the Liverpool bench. Zinedine Zidane, meanwhile...

Here's that tackle, just so you can see what the fuss was about:
But when you see what Casemiro was responding to, it's more like an eye for an eye (background music an optional extra):
It was all smiles from Casemiro afterwards though, with the glow of a shiny man of the match trophy in shot:

SOCCER: Head in hands, diplomatic writing, 'gave it everything' - Gini Wijnaldum with a textbook Tweet After a Defeat (trademark pending).

SOCCER: Elsewhere, Manchester City made it through to set up a semi-final with PSG - with Phil Foden enjoying a footballing father/son moment with Pep on the touchline after his goal secured their progress to the last four.

You can't blame him though, what a strike this was:

Now that the semi-finalists are decided, you can see our look at the favourites to lift the Champions League trophy.

SOCCER: Naturally, seeing two opposing players talking at the end of the game has got people asking if they'll be playing together after the transfer window.

Never understood the mouth-covering thing by the way, but if you can lip-read from a distant camera shot then fair play to you.

SOCCER: This just in from Spurs. It'll take a lot more than a good lick of paint to gloss over this bizarre sponsorship deal.

READ MORE: Wolves man at the door should Mourinho exit Tottenham

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