Football is a game of emotions, with tears being shed through joy and sadness on a regular occurrence – and that's just from the fans!

Players, too, are prone to showing their emotions, albeit in a slightly different manner, but they also aren't afraid of wearing their hearts on their sleeves either.

Usually, it's a goal or a foul or being dropped to the bench, which will inspire such an outpouring of feelings from a professional, but a hug? Well, that's what happened this weekend in the Bundesliga.

Fans of German football likely all tuned in over the weekend for this season's latest Klassiker between Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund.

With Bayern already 10 points ahead of their nearest rival for the title and Dortmund seven points clear of fifth, the game was effectively an exhibition of the tremendous talent on the pitch as well as an opportunity to claim bragging rights until next term.

Bayern eventually ran out 4-1 winners, and once the result was in the bag, it allowed Carlo Ancelotti the opportunity to rest some of his key men ahead of the Champions League quarter-final this week.

Ancelotti will come up against his former club Real Madrid on Wednesday at the Allianz Arena, where he will be hoping his side can take an early advantage back to Spain for the return leg.

So when he took off veteran French winger Franck Ribery, he made sure there were no tantrums to come from the 34-year-old by supplying him with a fatherly hug and a kiss on the cheek.

Ribery told reporters (via Squawka) after the game: “We have a great relationship and we trust each other.

“The kiss was nice. It was just natural, something positive. It was a good kiss with a lot of emotion.”

But Robben added to the incident by joking that he wanted a hug of his own. Just last month the Dutchman was roundly mocked for a moody episode on the bench after his own removal from the pitch against Borussia Monchengladbach.

And while he is clearly over being taken out of that particular game, he admitted that he is a little jealous of Ribery and hopes to earn an embrace of his own.

“I am a bit jealous. But I might get a kiss from Carlo as well at some point!”

We're sure you'll get one soon, Arjen!