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Ronaldo benched 'for respect' in brutal thumping - CtrlF.XYZ

Ronaldo benched 'for respect' in brutal thumping

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So implicit was the humiliation of Erik 10 Hag's archetypal Manchester derby that helium chose to support Cristiano Ronaldo from enduring the shame of being associated with specified a performance.

A 6-3 decision to Manchester City astatine the Etihad flattered United, with substitute Anthony Martial firing doubly precocious connected to adhd a modicum of respectability to the score.

But it could not disguise the full dominance of Pep Guardiola's Premier League champions, oregon Erling Haaland's presumption arsenic arguably the astir fearsome guardant successful satellite football.

What a opposition betwixt the Norwegian — who scored his 3rd chapeau instrumentality of the play — and Ronaldo, who watched connected from the sidelines.

Ten Hag was scathing successful his disapproval of his squad and revealed helium opted against bringing connected his 37-year-old striker successful bid to support the player's reputation.

"I wouldn't bring him successful due to the fact that we are 4-1 down," said the United manager.

"Out of respect for Cristiano, for his large career."

Ten Hag made nary effort to support his different players, who were 4-0 down astatine halftime and trailing 6-1 earlier Martial's precocious double, with Phil Foden besides hitting a chapeau trick.

"The program was to amusement bravery and confidence, but we didn't from the archetypal minute," Ten Hag said. "We near Haaland and we were not tight.

"For the archetypal extremity we won the shot and could person created a large chance, but alternatively we gave it easy distant and past it was similar a battalion of cards.

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"I criticised them, I told them. Me arsenic well, due to the fact that I didn't get the connection through. With this deficiency of assurance we cannot triumph games. I don't deliberation this cognition is Manchester United, we tin enactment overmuch much brave.

"We are successful the process and I knew earlier that large teams similar City, erstwhile you are not bully you get hammered and we were not good. We didn't travel the rules and principles of the mode we play and you get hammered."

United fans began to permission astatine half-time to debar witnessing further indignities aft a traumatic archetypal 45 minutes.

Foden struck aft conscionable 8 minutes and past again connected the changeable of the interval, with Haaland scoring doubly inbetween.

Antony scored a fantastic extremity from region aft 56 minutes but City was soon backmost connected top, with Haaland completing his treble and past mounting up Foden to bash likewise.

Martial's goals — the 2nd coming from the punishment spot — made it the highest-ever scoring crippled betwixt the rivals.

Guardiola, meanwhile, is moving retired of words to praise his unstoppable halfway forward, who present has 17 goals successful 11 games for City – and scored his 3rd chapeau instrumentality successful successive location league games.

"Of course, the prime we person alongside him helps him to people goals," Guardiola said. "But what helium has done, I didn't thatch him once.

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"When the shot is right, and helium attacks the box, however helium moves down the cardinal defender distant from the action, helium has unthinkable instincts that the shot volition get determination and it comes from his mum and dad. He was calved with that."

But Guardiola warned the Norway planetary that determination is inactive improvements to beryllium made to his game.

"He said, 'I similar to interaction the shot 5 times and people 5 goals'. I don't similar that," said the City manager. "I privation him to interaction the shot much and more.

"So helium became a shot subordinate to people goals. I similar that he's much portion of the situations, but don't hide his biggest endowment is to enactment the shot successful the net."

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