SPAIN star Marc Cucurella may be glad he’s left the Premier League after drawing the ire of England fans.

The full-back, who from earlier this year, put in a shameful display as he tried to con the officials in the .

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Cucurella ran into Elliot Anderson’s follow-through Source: Reuters
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Jude Bellingham was not impressed Source: Shutterstock Editorial

won a just before the break after turning inside out, but wanted to look at two incidents in the build-up.

Cucurella first tried to go in on and then went down theatrically after running into after the midfielder had played the ball forwards.

Neither were fouls and the officials rightly waved off the protests before Kane kept his cool to fire his side ahead.

There was only one word on the lips of those watching on .

One fan wrote: “Glad have a ref here who isn’t going to roll over to pathetic VAR checks. That was NEVER a foul on Cucurella.”

Another blasted: “Absolutely pathetic from Cucurella this.”

A third noted: “Cucurella tries to take out Bellingham and then collapses after Anderson follows through on the pass… pathetic.”

A Three Lions supporter slammed: “Harry Kane puts Cubarsi on toast and is brought down. Penalty England. Cucurella with some pathetic theatrics in an attempt to get it overturned.”

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Tonight’s clash has been billed as a re-run after Kane pipped to the award.

The teen sensation won an early free-kick and was met with some

Chants of ‘Harry Kane, the best in the world’ and ‘where’s your ‘ rang out around the

Before the game, predicted that Yamal would get his hands on multiple Ballons d’Or.

He said: “For me and for everyone in England, Harry deserved the Ballon d’Or.”

“If you look at his season, his numbers, the trophies he’s won. The way he performed in those games, it wasn’t just goals, it was man of the match performances, relentlessness at times.

“I see how every Spanish player is going to say it is Lamine. Lamine’s an incredible player, one of the best in the world, and he’s going to win loads of Ballons d’Or.

“But I think this time it was right that Harry won and he fully deserved to win.”