Saudi Arabia's Ali Al-Bulayhi was up to his old mischievous tricks in his nation's match against South Korea at the Asian Cup - and Son Heung-min was his latest target. <br /><br />Al-Bulayhi pushed Son in the chest while he wasn't looking and held his hand on the forward's head during their last 16 clash, which South Korea won on penalties after a 1-1 draw. <br /><br />It follows other provocative encounters Lionel Messi at the World Cup in 2022 and Cristiano Ronaldo in the Saudi Pro League in December. <br /><br />The serial taunter, 34, didn't face any consequences for trying to unsettle Son but he didn't get the better of the Spurs frontman, who laughed. <br /><br />And Son would come away from the day with a broader grin after Cho Gue-sung's 99th-minute equalizer led to South Korea winning 4-2 on penalties. <br /><br />Saudi boss Roberto Mancini could not bear to watch his side lose and exited down the tunnel before Hwang Hee-chan converted the decisive penalty. <br /><br />Al-Bulayhi, a four-time Saudi Pro League winner, might not be the biggest name in world football, but he has fronted up to some of the best the game has ever seen.<br /><br />At the Qatar World Cup, the defender told Messi 40 minutes from time that 'you will not win'. Quite the prophecy, because Saudi Arabia went on to win 2-1 against eventual champions Argentina in one of the grandest shocks in World Cup history.<br /><br />Messi opened the scoring but Saleh Al-Shehri equalized, and when Salem Al-Dawsari gave his side a surprise lead five minutes later, Al-Bulayhi had a confident message for the opposition captain. <br /><br />After the 53rd-minute goal, instead of celebrating with his teammates, Al-Bulayhi raced over to a surprised Messi, slapping him heartily on the back to get his attention.<br /><br />As he admitted after the match, he then said 'You will not win, you will not win!' - a brave thing to say with 35 minutes plus a lengthy period of added time left to play, though his cheeky prediction was later proved correct.<br /><br />Messi looked stunned as Al-Bulayhi grabbed his shirt to symbolise his pride in his country, before half-smiling as he turned away.<br /><br />Argentina stars Papu Gomez and Lautaro Martinez then, seeing the altercation, raced over to push the 33-year-old Al-Hilal center back away from their team-mate.<br /><br />In December last year, he took things a step further when he clashed against Cristiano Ronaldo in a league match. <br /><br />Al-Bulayhi was filmed having a heated confrontation with the former Manchester United star, leaning in and saying things in his ear. <br /><br />Ronaldo was unimpressed with what he deemed to be playacting from Al-Bulayhi and pretended that he couldn't hear as his opponent raged at him.<br /><br />Former Liverpool and Bayern Munich winger Sadio Mane, one of Ronaldo's Al-Nassr team-mates, was also seen sarcastically clapping Al-Bulayhi.<br /><br />Al-Bulayhi was later sent off in the closing stages of the game after receiving two yellow cards.
