And in what turned out to be an eventful evening for Spurs centre-back Romero, the 27-year-old received his first yellow card for dissent after remonstrating with referee John Brooks over what he perceived to be a foul on himself by Hugo Ekitike, who headed Liverpool into a two-goal lead.
While Tottenham showed great amounts of courage as they tried to get back into the game with ten players, they were soon reduced to nine when Romero was booked again for aiming a kick towards Liverpool’s Konate.
Former Atalanta and Juventus ace Romero protested angrily once again, before reluctantly heading down the tunnel as Spurs were left to wonder what might have been against Liverpool.
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