Erik ten Hag has defined his choice to drop Cristiano Ronaldo as he insisted the ahead needed to face the results for his strop towards Spurs.
- Ten Hag justifies dropping Ronaldo
- Dropped from squad towards Chelsea
- Stormed off towards Spurs
WHAT HAPPENED? The Portuguese left the bench angrily 4 minutes earlier than Manchester United’s match towards Tottenham ended. Ten Hag then dropped Ronaldo from the touring squad for the conflict with Chelsea on Saturday.
WHAT THEY SAID: Chatting with reporters, the Dutch supervisor stated: “It’s a tough choice [to leave him out], it’s clear. However there need to be penalties for unhealthy behaviour and when it’s the second time you possibly can’t let it go as a result of in any other case, will probably be misty and depressing for the longer term. You need to take this measure. What I don’t like is I choose the squad with Cristiano on board.”
THE BIGGER PICTURE: Ten Hag additional added: “I believe it’s justified [his reputation] as a result of he has achieved rather a lot in his profession. I haven’t got to say. It’s so good. However he must be conscious that you simply get judged by the second and the way you might be appearing at the moment. Particularly in prime sport, it’s about at the moment – it’s not about age or about status.”
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WHAT NEXT FOR RONALDO? Though Ronaldo won’t play a component within the Premier League conflict towards Chelsea, he would possibly get again into the squad for the membership’s midweek Europa League tie towards FC Sheriff.