Former Liverpool Star Names 2 Players Who are Not up to Cristiano Ronaldo's Standard at Man United

Former Liverpool Star Names 2 Players Who are Not up to Cristiano Ronaldo's Standard at Man United

Ibitoye Shittu
updated at April 12, 2023 at 7:55 PM
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  • Dean Saunders has claimed that there are some players at Man United not up to the standard of Cristiano Ronaldo
  • This comes hours after Burnley forced Manchester United to a 1-1 draw in a Premier League game on Tuesday night
  • Manchester United however dropped out of the top four on the Premier League table after draw against Burnley

Dean Saunders who played for Aston Villa and Liverpool in the Premier League has defended Cristiano Ronaldo claiming that the Portuguese is playing with few dummies at Man United.

Cristiano Ronaldo's return to Manchester United was well celebrated by fans at Old Trafford and in many parts of the world before the ongoing Premier League season started.

And the Portugal international proved himself by netting two goals on his second debut at Manchester United making all the fans happy.

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However, things has turned down for Cristiano Ronaldo at Manchester United and fans have been questioning rationale behind his return to Manchester United.

According to the report on Football365 and UK Sun, Dean Saunders explained that there are some players Cristiano Ronaldo should not be playing with in the same squad.

Dean Saunders' reaction about Cristiano Ronaldo

“If you asked Ronaldo, ‘Who’s the worst midfield players you’ve ever played with in your career?’ Fred and Scott McTominay won’t be far off.
“People are starting to point the finger at Ronaldo, but he’s playing with a few dummies, some of them are not on the same wavelength as him.''

What is Manchester United position on the Premier League table?

After 23 games played so far this season in the Premier League, Manchester United are currently occupying fifth position on the Premier League table with 39 points.

Rio Ferdinand names the Man United star who should be blamed for draw against Burnley

Earlier, Sports Brief had reported how Harry Maguire was blamed by Manchester United legend Rio Ferdinand for the draw the Red Devils ended up getting against Burnley on Tuesday night, February 8, in the Premier League game.

Going into the match, Manchester United players wanted to win so as to put behind them the disappointment of crashing out in the FA Cup losing against Middlesbrough.

And they indeed started the Premier League game against Burnley on an impressive note with Raphael Varane thinking he had opened the scoring for Manchester United in the 17th minute, but VAR ruled out his effort.

Manchester United eventually got the breakthrough against Burnley in the 18th minute through France international Paul Pogba who recently recuperated from injury.

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