Cristiano, to Rangnick: Why me, why have you taken me away?" Comment on this news Sign in to comment as a user

Cristiano Ronaldo retired in a daze against Brentford. Manchester United was up on the scoreboard, there were spaces, they were comfortable and it was a good opportunity to score. But Ralf Rangnick changed him and the Portuguese didn't take it well. Anger and first pout at United.Ronaldo walked off spluttering and sat on the bench at Brentford Community Stadium with a grim face. Rangnick had to approach him to explain the reason for the change, with twenty minutes still to go and the opponent open. "What happened is normal, a striker always wants to score", said the German, who he brought in central Harry Maguire instead of Cristiano, to save his clothes and avoid another setback like the one suffered against Aston Villa, who tied them 2-0 in the final minutes. "I didn't want that to happen again and I wanted to keep the goal clean."But Cristiano, who hasn't scored since December 30 against Burnley, wanted an explanation."He just asked me "Why me? Why did you take me away?", Rangnick recounted. "I had to make the best decision for the team. He did not want to repeat the mistake against Villa. I understand that Cristiano is ambitious, but if he ever becomes a manager, he will realize that he would make the same decision after 70 minutes of the game." "I didn't expect him to give me a hug after being substituted. I know how scorers think and I had to make this decision. I have no problems with him", he added. Added to all this was the fact that Cristiano had not played the last two games due to injury. The Portuguese had some muscular discomfort that prevented him from playing against Villa in the FA Cup and in the Premier."He has just recovered from an injury and hasn't played for ten days. We had the options of Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial on the bench, so why not use them? I'd make the same decision again".Rashford himself made it 0-3, but United couldn't keep a clean sheet for the fifth successive Premier League game."I've been here for six weeks and I've never had a problem with Cristiano. We talked about his injury before the cup match against Villa and agreed that he would not play. Today he was available and we decided to make him the starter", added Rangnick to close Cristiano's first brush since he landed at this United.