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Keifer MacDonald

Liverpool fans spot classy Thiago Alcantara gesture as Spain knock out Xherdan Shaqiri's Switzerland

Liverpool duo Xherdan Shaqiri and Thiago Alcantara locked horns as their Switzerland and Spain battled it out for a place in the semi-finals of this summer's European Championships on Friday.

It was Thiago and Spain that would eventually come out victorious after a dramatic penalty shoot-out in Russia.

And Liverpool fans were quick to notice a classy gesture from their Spanish midfielder at full-time.

With the game being decided on penalties, there was always going to a so-called 'villain' as someone had to miss one of the decisive kicks from 12-yards.

And, unfortunately, for Switzerland, it was Ruben Vargas who carried out that role as he missed the penultimate spot-kick before Mikel Oyarzabel scored his to send Spain through.

However, after the game, as Vargas was confined to tears for his miss, Thiago went over to console the forward.

The gesture was quickly noticed by fans on Twitter, who had nothing but praise for the midfielder.

Given how hard the Swiss fought for 120 minutes, this was the cruellest way for them to be knocked out of the tournament, especially given their fantastic performance against France earlier in the week.

A lovely gesture by Thiago, well played!

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