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Posted on: Sunday, March 13, 2022 – 4:32 PM | Last update: Sunday, March 13, 2022 – 4:32 PM
Cristiano Ronaldo said there are no limits to Manchester United, while interim coach Ralph Rangnick praised the Portuguese star, who scored three goals (hat-trick) to lead his team to a 3-2 victory over Tottenham on Saturday..
And the British news agency “BA Media” reported that Old Trafford hosted the important match in the struggle to be in the top four in the league yesterday, Saturday, as the interim coach of Manchester United confirmed that the team should have won to maintain its hopes of playing in the Premier League. European champions next season after losing against Manchester City in the last round.
Ronaldo missed the match against Manchester City because of his complaint of a thigh injury, and his return to Portugal was a surprise to everyone, but he returned with great fanfare yesterday, Saturday, and opened the scoring early with a powerful shot from 25 yards.
Harry Kane equalized the score for Tottenham with a penalty kick, but Ronaldo, 37, put Manchester United in front again before the end of the first half, and then completed his three goals to give Manchester United the victory after Harry Maguire scored an own goal by his team, giving Tottenham a draw.
After his first hat-trick in the Premier League since January 2008 against Newcastle, Ronaldo wrote on his Instagram account: “I am very happy with my first hat-trick since returning to Old Trafford!
He added, “Nothing can beat the feeling of returning to the field and helping the team with goals and effort.”
He continued, “We have proven once again that we can beat any team on any day, as long as we work hard and stand together as one.”
“There are no limits to Manchester United! No matter what happens! Let’s go, devils!”
Rangnick was dumbfounded by Ronaldo’s performance – and joked that Ronaldo should come back to Portugal often.
“He certainly made the difference with his three goals – but not just with the three,” said the interim Manchester United coach.
“It was his best performance, at least since I arrived, in terms of possession,” he said.
And he added, “I think that the team as a whole showed the reaction that we expected to show, after the bad second half at Al-Ittihad Stadium. And returning to lead again after two draws showed the mentality of the team today.”
Rangnick added: “We were joking a bit, maybe it makes sense to send him to Portugal for three days, and after that we don’t involve him in training for two days and then we put him in training on Thursday.”
“By the way, he showed the same level of performance in training on Thursday. So, after this training, even though he was away for a week, I decided to include him in the match from the start.”
“Maybe we should do this for the rest of the season,” he said.
The loss was a blow to Spurs’ hopes of qualifying for the Champions League, and Spurs coach Antonio Conte praised Ronaldo.
He said, “It was a great performance by Cristiano. Unfortunately, I know him well so what he did was not a surprise to me.”
He added, “We are talking about a player with Lionel Messi, they are the best in the world in my opinion. We are talking about a decisive player, and at the moment his team needs him, he is present.”