Keylor Navas Punches Teammate on Nottingham Forest Debut Weeks After Doing The Same to Ronaldo

Keylor Navas Punches Teammate on Nottingham Forest Debut Weeks After Doing The Same to Ronaldo

Elijah Odetokun
updated at April 12, 2023 at 8:25 PM
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  • PSG goalkeeper Keylor Navas made his Nottingham Forest debut after joining on loan
  • The veteran goalkeeper kept a clean sheet on his first Premier League appearance
  • He however nearly sent his teammate to the hospital with a similar mistake he did to Ronaldo

Veteran goalkeeper Keylor Navas joined Premier League newcomers Nottingham Forest on loan from Paris Saint-Germain on transfer deadline day after losing his place to Gianluigi Donnaruma.

He was immediately thrown into action by Steve Cooper against Leeds United and had a bright day between the sticks in his first PL appearance, making four saves to help his team to a 1-0 win.

He however made a grave mistake that almost injured a teammate as well as nearly conceding an equaliser, as it made a goalmouth scramble possible.

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Keylor Navas in action for Nottingham Forest after his loan move from PSG. Photo by Mick Walker.
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Keylor Navas punches Wily Boly

The three-time UEFA Champions League winner was the third signing on deadline day for the two-time Champions League winner after Felipe from Atletico Madrid and Jonjo Shelvy from Newcastle United, as noted by Sports Illustrated.

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His debut was not delayed due to an injury to Dean Henderson who is also on loan at the club, from Manchester United and was preferred ahead of Premier League nomadic goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey.

He had a moment to forget that almost cost his team Wily Boly who took a heavy punch from the Costa Rican goalkeeper and went down, but was able to continue later, as noted by Daily Express.

As noted by Goal, Cristiano Ronaldo's first match in Saudi Arabia was Riyadh XI vs PSG, where he scored twice after receiving a lunch to the face from Navas, with whom he won three consecutive Champions League trophies together at Real Madrid.

Mbappe inspects Ronaldo's eye

Kylian Mbappe took it upon himself to be the doctor and inspected Ronaldo's Injured eye after Navas punched him during his first game in Saudi Arabia, as earlier reported by Sports Brief.

The injury however did not affect the 38-year-old who scored twice and claimed the man of the match award despite his side losing 5-4 to PSG.

Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe and Neymar were all on the scoresheet in the exciting friendly match.

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