CR7 was benched for Man Utd’s 2-1 victory over Liverpool within the Premier League.
Manchester United supervisor Erik ten Hag is for certain Cristiano Ronaldo nonetheless has a key function within the squad.
Ten Hag dropped the five-time Ballon d’Or winner to the bench for United’s conflict with Liverpool on Monday. He as an alternative opted for Jadon Sancho, Marcus Rashford, and Anthony Elanga in a free-flowing entrance three. Sancho and Rashford repaid the coach’s religion by scoring the targets that propelled the membership to a 2-1 win over Jurgen Klopp’s facet at Previous Trafford.
Ronaldo needed to wait till the 86th minute to enter the pitch as an alternative to Rashford, however Ten Hag stays satisfied CR7 can adapt to his fashion.
“I believe he can,” mentioned the United supervisor.
“The entire of his profession underneath a number of managers he did, a number of types and methods. He at all times carried out, so why can’t he do that?
“His age shouldn’t be a difficulty. If you’re ok and also you’re previous and you continue to ship performances, you’re additionally ok.”
Ten Hag additionally dropped captain Harry Maguire, Luke Shaw, and Fred as a part of 4 adjustments to the facet that misplaced 4-0 to Brentford within the earlier match.
“The demand is for everybody, together with the supervisor,” Ten Hag added about Maguire and Ronaldo’s absences from the lineup.
“We’ve to ship. You could have an obligation to the membership, to the followers. This can be a large membership with an enormous fanbase, and we have now to ship that. We’ve to behave as a group, and each particular person, daily, has to provide their finest. That’s the demand for the supervisor and likewise for the group.”
United return to motion on Saturday for a visit to Southampton within the Premier League.
New signing Casemiro might be out there for Ten Hag’s facet after watching the 2-1 win over Liverpool from the stands on Monday.
