Manchester United beaten 6-3 by City – Erik ten Hag: “I didn’t bring in Cristiano Ronaldo out of respect for him”

This is not the reason for Manchester United’s rout, but it is a vivid symbol of it. Sunday, Erik ten Hag did not offer the slightest minute of play to Cristiano Ronaldo, during the slap taken by the Red Devils, against their City neighbors (6-3). It was already 4-0 at the break and rather than attempt an improbable electroshock by bringing in “his” five-time Ballon d’Or, the Dutch technician preferred to leave him out of this humiliation.

“I did not bring in Cristiano [Ronaldo] out of respect for him, for his great career“, he explained in a press conference. The 37-year-old Portuguese striker has still not scored this season in the Premier League. He has only started one game, which ended in a terrible 4-0 defeat. in Brentford on Matchday 2. He came off the bench five times and therefore did not set foot on the lawn of the Etihad Stadium this Sunday, unlike Anthony Martial.

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Ten Hag didn’t have the same regard for the France international. He felt he was giving him an opportunity, calling on him, on the hour mark, when his side were trailing 4-1: “Another reason (not to solicit Ronaldo, editor’s note) was to give playing time to Anthony Martial, who needs minutesBingo, since the gap is certainly a time increased to five goals, but Martial ended up scoring two, in the 84th minute then in additional time, on penalty.

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