It was a frustrating week for Manchester United start Cristiano Ronaldo. Just a week ago, he was axed from the squad after refusing to come in as a sub against Tottenhem, and was the subject of every sports papers headlines for all the wrong reasons. He was reinstated after the Chelsea match and Red Devil’s boss decided to give him a start in a meaningless game against Sheriff in Europa League. The Portuguese forward had a number of chances but missed them all until 81st minute, when he finally struck for the final 3-0 win.antony did that spin 🥶 pic.twitter.com/7KtfLvSdbP— ⚡ (@UTDCJ_) October 27, 2022 And Ten Hag used this opportunity to praise Ronaldo.“He didn’t give up. I think that’s what he’s done his whole career, and in the end he got his reward for it. The team kept going to put him in the right position, and he kept going to get himself in the right position” said the Dutchman.”I will correct him” 👀Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag has his say on THAT Antony skill 🔴⤵️pic.twitter.com/kFmwDGggo5— Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) October 27, 2022 Apart from Ronaldo, the highlight of the match was a ‘showboating’ trick with a 720-degree spin, performed by winger Antony while the game was still goalless, and what’s even worse, he made a bad pass after it, putting the ball out of play. Ten Hag was not impressed on the sidelines and shook his head before subbing him at half time. After the game, Ten Hag was asked what he thinks about that trick and if that was the reason he substituted the Brazilian.“I don’t have a problem with that as long as it’s functional. If you’re not losing the ball then it’s OK but if it’s a trick because of a trick then I will correct him. If we are up, I wanted to see Cristiano and Marcus Rashford close together on the right side and that’s one of the reasons. I thought Garnacho was playing quite well on the left side and he had good tempo dribbling. It was more or less planned” said the Dutchman to BT Sports after the game.EUROPA LEAGUE: There can be only one Sheriff at Old Trafford, and he wears ‘7’And while Ten Hag probably didn’t say all he wanted to about his player, United’s legend Paul Scholes had no such problems.“I just don’t know what it achieves. I love a little bit of showboating, and entertainment but at least get the pass right. Does that do anything for anybody? Does that do anything for himself? I’d have to ask him – even at 4-0 up what does that do for you? This country, any country even Brazil. They don’t want to see that do they? I like to see skills and entertainment, I just don’t think it’s skill or entertainment it’s just being a clown. I don’t know what he’s doing. It’s just ridiculous. Just look at Ten Hag shaking his head, which sums it up what’s he thinking. He’s not beating a man, he’s not entertaining anybody, it’s 0-0 then he kicks the ball out” said Scholes.##NAJAVA_MECA_6767341##
