Tottenham suffered a disappointing 2-0 defeat against Manchester United at Old Trafford but it was Cristiano Ronaldo who made the headlines once again for ...
“The best performance for Man United of the season so far, and Ronaldo walks off down the tunnel. The former Newcastle striker said: "I understand his frustrations of not being able to get on the pitch but when you look at the bigger picture, his team have put on a really good performance tonight. "The manager had a big call to make in leaving him out and it turned out to be the right decision because they have done everything right. Ten Hag had only used three of his five available substitutes at that point but Ronaldo was seemingly sure he was not going to be used in any capacity and headed for the changing rooms. The French icon said: "I don't know, that's a job he'll have to deal with. We don't know if he [Ronaldo] said to Ten Hag that he was going in. I don't want to find any excuses but we should focus more on the performance of United and stop talking everyday about Cristiano." "Like I said, there was a game, a magnificent game for Manchester United. Ronaldo has struggled for game time under new manager Erik ten Hag after missing pre-season due to 'family reasons' and expressing a desire to leave Old Trafford during the summer transfer window. Maybe he said to Ten Hag: 'I'm going inside to do some treatment'. How disrespectful is that to your teammates!” Not for me anyway."
Cristiano Ronaldo left Old Trafford before the final whistle as Manchester United beat Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 on Wednesday, sources have told ESPN.
[Ten Hag labelled their actions "unacceptable"](/soccer/manchester-united-engman_utd/story/4712208/ten-hag-clashes-with-ronaldo-over-man-united-friendly-exit-it-is-unacceptable) and said players should always stay to watch the end of matches. I have to correct myself, not just 11 players, but the substitutes who came on -- it was a squad performance. He was seen leaving in the 90th minute, before four minutes of stoppage time had been played. "We deal with that [Ronaldo] tomorrow. [said he would "deal with" Ronaldo](/soccer/story/4776136/cristiano-ronaldo-man-united-striker-will-be-dealt-with-after-walking-down-tunnel-early-erik-ten-hag) on Thursday, saying that he preferred to talk about the performance of his team in the immediate aftermath of the game. [Cristiano Ronaldo](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/22774/Cristiano-Ronaldo) left Old Trafford before the final whistle as [Manchester United](/soccer/team?id=360) beat [Tottenham Hotspur](/soccer/team?id=367) 2-0 on Wednesday, and he was not present when manager Erik ten Hag and the players returned to the dressing room, sources have told ESPN.
Fans are divided after Cristiano Ronaldo stormed out of Old Trafford's bench during Manchester United's 2-0 win against Tottenham Hotspur.
This season, the veteran forward has featured for Manchester United eight times in the Premier League and scored just once. Goals from Fred and Bruno Fernandes had all but confirmed a Premier League win at home but this wasn't enough to keep the 37-year-old Portugal international happy. Here are the reactions from the supporters.
Manchester United have to release Cristiano Ronaldo if they are not to going to play him, says Rio Ferdinand, with the Portuguese “fuming” at present.
surely the manager would have known before the season started if he was going to play Ronaldo or not, if he wanted him in his team, if he was someone to build around. It’s going to be something that hampers Ten Hag going forward until the day Ronaldo leaves the club, because of how much of an icon and superstar he is.” If that’s the case, he should have let Ronaldo go. “You sit here and think why did Man United not just let him go if Ten Hag knew he didn’t want Ronaldo in his plans. If he doesn’t see Ronaldo as a starter in his team more often than not, I think he has to release him from his contract. [making it clear that he wanted to move on](https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/ronaldo-remain-man-utd-neville-game-time-insult/blt973e143d8b1fa2b5), but game time has been in short supply for an all-time great under new Red Devils boss Erik ten Hag.
Liverpool legend, Steve Nicol has hit out at Manchester United forward, Cristiano Ronaldo for storming down the tunnel before the full-time whistle during.
He better get rid of acting like a big baby because he is going to harm his reputation if he continues to do that.” He added: “The mark of anybody is when things are not going your way, how do you react? “He has to be very careful because for 15 years, he has been number one, and everybody has patted him on the back,” Nicol said.
Cristiano Ronaldo storms down Old Trafford tunnel before end of Man Utds victory over Tottenham after being unused substitute; the 37-year-old watched from ...
It is just going to get uglier as the season goes on. "You can call it petulant or a drama queen but United knew who they were signing. But you don't keep Ronaldo to sit on the bench. I just felt this incredible pathos because he's only got one or two years left now at the top level. "The manager kept him. He should have been let go before the transfer window. In his post-match press conference, Ten Hag added: "I don't pay attention to that, I will deal with that tomorrow. He had four or five good options. It was also a performance from the substitutes who came on. This idea he didn't have options is rubbish. "If Ronaldo has done that, it's an absolute disgrace," Mills told Soccer Special. "It was magnificent from all 11 players.