Manchester United beat Brentford this Wednesday, 3-1. However, the topic that generated the greatest repercussion was the fury of the star Cristiano Ronaldo when he was substituted during the match. The team’s interim coach, Ralf Rangnick, revealed a conversation with the Portuguese after the incident and explained the decision for the substitution.
“He was asking me: ‘Why me? Why did you take me out’. And I said: ‘I have to make decisions in the interests of the team and the club’. We had exactly the same situation five days ago at Villa Park, being 2-0, with fifteen minutes left to play and we didn’t want to make the same mistake again”, explained the coach.
The striker was replaced by defender Harry Maguire, when the game was still 2-0. Immediately, Cristiano got angry and complained a lot on the bench. In the confrontation against Aston Villa, last Saturday, the team let the victory slip and conceded the tie in the final stretch of the game.
“Cristiano is a goalscorer, maybe he wanted to stay and score a goal. But for us it was more important to be more compact, to have enough legs and good headers to defend free kicks and set pieces”, he commented.
“When we scored the third goal I said to him: ‘Cristiano, I know you are ambitious and want to score, but maybe when you are coach and you are in the same role as I was at that moment, you will make the same decision. .
With the triumph, Manchester United remains in seventh position in the Premier League, with 35 points. The Red Devils’ next commitment is this Saturday, against West Ham, at 12 pm (GMT), for the Premier League.
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