Manchester United – Critique of Cristiano Ronaldo for violating Liverpool: “Ugly gesture”
Cristiano Ronaldo blew the fuses against Liverpool. Then there was criticism for the action of the Portuguese superstar.
Cristiano Ronaldo is for action on the verge of assault in the 5-0 debacle of Manchester United against Liverpool FC has been sharply criticized.
Ronaldo had brought Liverpool’s Curtis Jones down shortly before the break when the score was 0: 3 after a missed great chance of the Portuguese at the Reds ‘baseline and kicked the ball twice after the whistle from referee Anthony Taylor, which was directly on Jones’ stomach lay.
This was followed by a pack formation with Virgil van Dijk, Bruno Fernandes and Andrew Robertson. CR7 only saw the yellow card for his action and was well served. “Cristiano Ronaldo is losing his mind,” wrote the Corriere dello Sport and spoke of an “ugly gesture”. “Ronaldo is losing his head,” was the headline Marca.
Paul Pogba is thrown off the pitch in United’s debacle against Liverpool
Despite Taylor’s pardon for CR7, there was a dismissal in the second round: Substitute Paul Pogba rightly saw the red card after a bad start against Liverpool’s Naby Keita. Keita was then unable to continue playing and even had to be transported from the field on a stretcher.
At the end of a memorable game, the Red Devils lost to Ronaldo, who was denied an offside goal, 5-0 at Old Trafford against their eternal rivals from Liverpool. Mohamed Salah scored three goals in the historic embarrassment of United, who had never been to break 4-0 before in Premier League history.
The counted and criticized coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer then spoke of the “darkest day” of his coaching career so far. However, he ruled out a resignation. “I don’t think about giving up. We have come too far as a group for that and we are too close to give up,” said Solskjaer.