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Manchester United supervisor Erik ten Hag stated he’ll wait till Thursday to “take care of” Cristiano Ronaldo leaving early through the crew’s 2-0 win towards Tottenham.
Ronaldo, who has had restricted recreation time underneath ten Hag and tried to drive a transfer away from United earlier than the beginning of the season, was an unused substitute in Wednesday’s match.
Somewhat than staying till the ultimate whistle, the Portuguese ahead walked down the tunnel with a number of minutes left to play at Outdated Trafford – shortly after ten Hag had introduced on Christian Eriksen and Anthony Elanga.
“I don’t listen (to that) at this time, we take care of that tomorrow,” the Dutch supervisor instructed reporters when requested about Ronaldo’s early exit. “I need to get the give attention to this crew. It was a powerful efficiency.”
Ronaldo appeared sad when he was substituted 72 minutes into United’s 0-0 draw towards Newcastle on Sunday, a choice ten Hag stated he took to maintain his strikers recent forward of a busy run of fixtures.
In his eight appearances up to now this season – six of which have come from the subs bench – Ronaldo has scored simply as soon as.
Talking on the BBC, former England striker Gary Lineker stated it was “unacceptable” and “so poor” for the 37-year-old to go away the match early.
In opposition to Tottenham, Fred’s deflected shot gave United the lead at the beginning of the second half earlier than Bruno Fernandes elevated the house facet’s benefit from the sting of the realm.
It was largely due to the excellence of Spurs goalkeeper Hugo Lloris that United solely scored twice, which moved as much as fifth within the Premier League desk with the victory.
In a hit-and-miss season, ten Hag’s facet has now recorded wins towards Tottenham, Liverpool and Arsenal, in addition to humiliating defeats towards Brentford and Manchester Metropolis.
Subsequent up is a visit to Chelsea on Saturday, whereas Tottenham performs Newcastle at residence.
