VINICIUS JUNIOR had to be forced down the tunnel by Antonio Rudiger after being sent off in angry scenes. <br /><br />The Real Madrid forward, 24, lost his head during tonight's La Liga clash away at Valencia. <br /><br />In an action-packed game, Vinicius's fury boiled over with little more than ten minutes left as Real trailed 1-0. <br /><br />Valencia's goalkeeper Stole Dimitrievski clearly said something to wind Vinicius up. <br /><br />And the Brazilian responded by getting up off the turf and shoving Dimitrievski in the head. <br /><br />The Valencia stopper tumbled to the floor and the referee took his time before brandishing the red card. <br /><br />And that prompted another furious reaction from Vinicius as he seemingly looked set to go at the official, gesticulating angrily. <br /><br />However, he was held back by team-mate Rudiger who clung on to the Ballon d'Or runner-up and ushered him down the tunnel to try and prevent him from causing more trouble. <br /><br />That prompted a wave of comments from fans on social media. <br /><br />One said: "This is why Vinicius will never win a Ballon d’Or." <br /><br />Referee. He behaves like that every game. People need to wake up, this guy is not a saint." <br /><br />A third added: "A LaLiga referee has finally stood up to the disgusting and unprofessional Vinicius Jr actions and sent him off." <br /><br />And a final user replied: "Vinicius dragged out of the pitch preventing him from potentially beating the referee to the ground." <br /><br />The red card was only part of the drama at the Mestalla in what was Carlos Corberan's first game in charge of Valencia. <br /><br />The former West Brom boss saw his new side take the lead on 27 minutes. <br /><br />Then after the break, Kylian Mbappe had an equaliser ruled out by VAR while Jude Bellingham hit the post with a penalty. <br /><br />The Englishman made amends, though. <br /><br />He teed up Luka Modric to tuck home an 85th-minute equalizer and then capitalized on a defensive mistake to slot in a dramatic injury-time winner to send Real top of La Liga.
