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Jack Flintham & Martin Fricker & Lucy Thornton

Autistic Everton fan's mum slams Manchester United over Cristiano Ronaldo phone smashing incident

A young autistic Everton supporter's mum has criticised Manchester United after believing they failed to punish Cristiano Ronaldo following an incident at Goodison Park last season.

When Ronaldo and his teammates were exiting the pitch on Merseyside after a disappointing defeat to Frank Lampard's side, Jacob Harding was filming the players. Harding then had his phone knocked out of his hand by the forward, smashing it on the floor.

Following the incident, Ronaldo was given a police caution in April and the forward apologised for his actions. In a statement on Instagram, he wrote: "It’s never easy to deal with emotions in difficult moments such as the one we are facing.

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