SINGAPORE: “There are f***ing kids here. Stop it now,” said Liverpool left-back Andrew Robertson to fans at the recently-concluded Festival of Football (July 25 to Aug 2) at the National Stadium.
A video of one encounter has gone viral after fans got a little over-eager to meet Robertson, widely perceived as one of the best full-backs in the world, can be heard saying, “Guys, stop f***ing pushing.”
The athlete telling people to chill was caught on video by TikTok user @fyqaaharsh, who then posted it on the platform on Aug 2, which has since gotten 3 million views.
@fyqaaharsh Alexa, replay this 1000 times #robertson
He may have been more alarmed than usual because there were children around who could have gotten hurt if things got a little too rowdy. The Scottish footballer and his wife have two young children.
The incident occurred on Sunday, Jul 30, after Liverpool won the game against Leicester City, and while the players walked around for a bit of a meet and greet, reported Mothership.
The TikTok user appears to be somewhat of a super fan, captioning her video with, “Alexa, replay this 1000 times #robertson
And she seemed especially happy because, as she showed in her next video, Robertson signed her jersey even as he was telling fans to calm down “amidst the chaos.”
@fyqaaharsh Bunch of hooligans at the back 😂
Commenters on the video of Robertson telling people off were all for it, saying that his use of swear language is “a Scottish thing.”
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