Revealed: Ragnick reveals why Ronaldo will be a big doubt for his first game as a manager of Manchester United.
Cristiano Ronaldo is reportedly a major
doubt for Manchester United's match against
Crystal Palace on Sunday due to
a knee injury.
But The Sun claim Ronaldo may have
injured his knee doing his trademark 'siu'
celebration after smashing the penalty
high into the net past Aaron Ramsdale
with twenty minutes remaining.
The Portugal international demonstrated
no immediate ill-effects, running the
length of the pitch in 12 seconds to support
a late counter attack in the 87th minute.
However, he was substituted for Anthony
Martial with two minutes of the 90
remaining, and was seen walking awkwardly
off the pitch.
If he is ruled out, it will come as a big
blow to interim boss Ralf Rangnick,
who is set to take charge of his first game
against Patrick Vieira's men on Sunday
afternoon.
Rangnick was at Old Trafford on Thursday
night to see Cristiano Ronaldo score
twice in a 3-2 win over Arsenal, and insisted
that it will not be a problem adapting the
Portugal star into his fabled gegenpressing
approach.
'
You always have to adapt your style or
idea of football to the players you have
available, not vice versa,' he said.
'Having seen Cristiano yesterday, at his
age I've never seen a player who is still
that physically fit. He's still a player who
can easily make the difference.
'So it's about how we can develop the
whole team, not only Cristiano. What
I saw from Cristiano, he is more than
willing to do that, to put his input into
the team. His team-mates will have
to do the same.
'It's not about pressing for pressing's
sake, it's about control. This is the
major target.'
The German boss, 63, also saw Ronaldo
reach another milestone while he was
sat in the stands, with his first goal to
put United 2-1 in front the 800th goal of
his professional career.
It was the first time ever a male or
female professional footballer in history
had scored 800 competitive goals, and
his penalty soon after took his tally to 801.
And less than 24 hours after breaking
the 800-goal barrier, the Portuguese posted
a video on Twitter paying tribute to his
record, with a number of still images scattered
in the background among replays of his
many goals and celebrations during
his career.
In his tweet, he added: 'Very happy
to become the first football player to score
more than 800 official goals.
'What an amazing and unforgettable run
this is becoming… Thank you to all
my supporters for always standing
by my side. 801 and still counting!'
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