Tag: Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo shows staying power as Manchester United see off Brentford
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There are only two ways Manchester United can ease this miserable season. Win the last three matches and, if not, play some sparkling stuff that offers hope for the future. On Monday night they achieved the first part...
Manchester United’s Ronaldo pegs back Chelsea amid anti-Glazer unrest
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Quite how Manchester United escaped with a point is difficult to explain although, as ever, Cristiano Ronaldo was a part of the answer. Him and David de Gea, whose defiance in goal has been a rare positive during a ho...
Police launch investigation into Cristiano Ronaldo phone incident
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Cristiano Ronaldo is at the centre of a Merseyside police investigation as a result of an incident at the end of Saturday’s 1-0 defeat at Everton in which the Manchester United forward appeared to knock a mobile phone...
Cristiano Ronaldo apologises for mobile phone incident at Everton
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Cristiano Ronaldo has apologised after he appeared to knock a mobile phone out of a supporter’s hand after Manchester United’s 1-0 defeat at Everton. Footage emerged on social media of Ronaldo appearing to swipe his h...
‘The king is back!’: Ronaldo welcomes back Pepe for World Cup showdown
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Cristiano Ronaldo is excited about the return of the experienced defender Pepe to the Portugal squad after he missed Thursday’s 3-1 win over Turkey due to Covid. “The king is back! Look out!” shouted a smiling Ronaldo...
Ronaldo continues to be a problem and a magnificent solution for United
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Cristiano Ronaldo has been a problematic signing for Manchester United. Particularly in the last few weeks he has – finally, at 37 – begun to look his age. He would create tactical problems for any coach, especially o...
Protests over Cristiano Ronaldo statue in former Portuguese colony of Goa
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He is idolised as one of the greatest footballers on earth, with his number seven shirt treasured by millions of youngsters dreaming of superstardom. But Cristiano Ronaldo’s astonishing success has not been matched by...
Cristiano Ronaldo seals Manchester United’s fightback victory over Arsenal
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Welcome to the mad house, Ralf. If Manchester United’s incoming interim manager was not fully aware of the size of the challenge that faced him, or how erratic his new team have come to look, it was highlighted before...
David Squires on … Ralf Rangnick, Ronaldo and the pressing question
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Our cartoonist on the new interim manager at Manchester United, gegenpressing and Sean Dyche in the snow
Michael Carrick says Ralf Rangnick had no input in dropping Ronaldo
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Michael Carrick said after Manchester United held Chelsea to a 1-1 draw at Stamford Bridge that Ralf Rangnick had no influence on his decision to name Cristiano Ronaldo on the bench. Rangnick is set to take over at Ol...
Ronaldo is the biggest problem for Manchester United’s next manager
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So, what next? Ole Gunnar Solskjær has gone, and with him perhaps Manchester United’s most visible problem, but a sentimental appointment wasn’t the only issue holding the club back. United is institutionally dysfunct...
Ronaldo papers over United’s cracks and Conte arrives at Spurs – Football Weekly
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Max Rushden, Barry Glendenning, Nicky Bandini and Jonathan Liew discuss the Champions League and Antonio Conte taking over at Spurs How to listen to podcasts: everything you ...
Chaotic Manchester United remain in thrall to strolling Cristiano Ronaldo
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The genius of the modern Manchester United is that for all the attention lavished upon them, for all the granular analysis they attract, they remain a largely unknown quantity. When they take the field, you genuinely ...
Cristiano Ronaldo saves Manchester United from dismal defeat at Atalanta
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This was the same tired story of Manchester United’s season. A powder-puff rearguard, an errant midfield, an overreliance on Cristiano Ronaldo to somehow pull the result their way. And he did it: yet again. For the th...
Low-key Ronaldo theatre gives way to second act of beautiful precision
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Money won’t make you happy. Money won’t solve all your problems. But it certainly helps. Or at least, it does when that weekly debit comes in exchange for talent on the Cristiano Ronaldo scale. Ronaldo was sensational...
Ronaldo completes Manchester United’s rousing comeback win against Atalanta
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Manchester United continue to be a heart-palpitating proposition who cannot control matches. But, they also continue to be a box-office thrill, who stank the first half out, then put on a show that featured Cristiano ...