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‘Celebration of the year’: Lukaku appears to act out police arrest for Covid breach as Ronaldo keeps dream alive in dramatic derby

15-5-2021 < RT 21 191 words
 



Fans watched Romelu Lukaku act out being arrested and handcuffed after scoring for Inter against Juventus – but Cristiano Ronaldo had the last laugh after an ultra-dramatic victory for his side in their must-win Italian derby.

Belgium hitman Lukaku was fined by police earlier this week after being caught hosting his birthday party at a hotel in a breach of Covid-19 regulations, and the man who turned 28 on Thursday was in the mood for more celebrations after equalizing from the spot for the newly-crowned champions at the dethroned title holders.

Achraf Hakimi, who was said to have been one of 24 other people in attendance at the bash, obliged by appearing to pretend to be a police officer detaining the shamed striker.

The joke was on Juventus by that time. Urgently needing a win to keep their chances of qualifying for the Champions League alive, the hosts had gone ahead after 24 minutes, when Cristiano Ronaldo saw his penalty saved by Samir Handanovic, reacting quickly to score from the rebound.

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