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Published 21:55 16 Sept 2015 BST
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La lesión de Rafinha por una entrada muy fea de Nainggolan. #UCL pic.twitter.com/AzIGFp8sIl
— Football Web (@FootballWeb_es) September 16, 2015
The 22-year-old was substituted off in the 65th minute, having just come on four minutes earlier, and the slow-motion replay shows that his season could be in serious jeopardy.
Nahhhh Rafinha's leg almost went full-Shaw pic.twitter.com/tk1u16Ihpz — Footy Accumulators (@FootyAccums) September 16, 2015
Nainggolan was booked for the tackle but he was lucky not to have been given his marching orders for a challenge from behind with which the Belgian used a scissors motion to bring Rafinha down.
@barcastuff Rafinha leaving the pitch pic.twitter.com/nBo2RJLqo0
— keval (@BleedBarca) September 16, 2015
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