So it has come to this – ahead of the home game against Premier League’s worst team, Manchester United’s interim boss has to publically warns his players that they have to live up with pressure and that anything apart from win against Championship bound Norwich would be disastrous. And what’s even worse, Ralf Ranginck is right. After a poor performance against relegation strugglers Everton, the Red Devils have hit a new low and the German tactician can’t and won’t take anything for granted.Old Trafford unrest is understandable. All they need is to make the causes for it disappearAhead of the home game against Norwich, Ranginck made it clear that the players have to focus in order to win and even had to talks about football basics, like sprints, fast runs etc.„It might be with one or two or three of our players. It seems to be like that, that the level of expectation is high and some of the players seem to struggle with their own performance. But, again, there are no alibis and no excuses. We have to be ready to cope and deal with it. I’m sure they are fully aware of that and I’m convinced and very positive that all the players know about this. It’s a test of character and mentality. It should be unthinkable but we all know in football that things like that can happen. We saw that even in the European cup games and in other leagues. We saw it this week that things like that can happen but this is what makes this ball game so interesting. You never know what the outcome will be. It’s a test of character but we have to invest enough energy into the game with regard to total distance sprints, fast runs“ said the German.Harry Maguire’s free fall continues – he is no better than the stopper of the worst team in the Premier LeagueMany of United’s footballers will leave the club at the end of season due to contracts running out, while others will be sold in a major purge which will happen when a new manager arrives. And until that happens, the current crop needs to find a way to win as much games as possible in order to reclaim fourth place and Champions League spot which now seems almost impossible. And the social networks are having a field day against Red Devils. After Norwich made a dig against skipper Harry Maguire on their official Twitter account, other stats appeared, this time against Cristiano Ronaldo. And while there is no doubt that the Portuguese is one of the greatest footballers ever to play the game, if you pull out the stats of his 2022 efforts, he loses against Norwich’s top scorer Teemu Pukki in all categories, except the wage.pic.twitter.com/rmVGiakypk— The Football Arena (@thefootyarena) April 14, 2022 The Finnish striker scored more goals than Ronaldo this year (5-4), assisted more (2-0), scored in more games (5-2), made much more pressures (554-149) and intercepted more balls (16-3). But when it comes to wages, Cristiano is untouchable: 480.000 pounds a week compared to Pukki’s 25.000. But if we look at the whole season, Ronaldo has more goals (12-9) and assists (3-2) than the Norwich striker.ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE – ROUND 33Saturday14.30: (1.61) Tottenham (4.00) Brighton (6.25)17.00: (1.30) Man.Utd. (6.50) Norwich (10.0)17.00: (4.10) Southampton (3.50) Arsenal (2.00)17.00: (3.00) Watford (3.20) Brentford (2.70)Sunday16.15: (2.39) Newcastle (3.35) Leicester (3.40)16.15: (1.82) West Ham (3.70) Burnley (5.40)***odds are subject to change
