England defender and Manchester United captain Harry Maguire has had his fair proportion of critics, with a large number of folks wondering his defensive features in addition to aerial talents. So it will have to have come as a aid to Maguire when he in spite of everything netted a objective with a well-placed header in opposition to Leeds United on Sunday. Manchester United would move directly to win the fit 4-2 with Bruno Fernandes, Anthony Elanga and Fred being the opposite 3 objective scorers for the Purple Devils.
In a press convention on Tuesday, earlier than United’s upcoming Champions League conflict in opposition to Atletico Madrid, midfielder Fernandes informed the media what precisely he had mentioned to his captain Maguire after he scored that objective in opposition to Leeds.
“I used to be slapping his head and pronouncing in spite of everything you rating with that gigantic head,” Fernandes mentioned, sitting along trainer Ralf Rangnick. The Portuguese midfielder additionally pushed aside the tales of rifts within the Guy United dressing room.
🗣 “I used to be slapping his head and pronouncing in spite of everything you rating with that gigantic head.”
Bruno Fernandes unearths what he mentioned to Harry Maguire when he scored and dismisses the tales of rifts within the Guy United dressing room %.twitter.com/jswCwtvWqY
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On Wednesday, United will move up in opposition to Atletico Madrid which would be the first time Cristiano Ronaldo and Atletico have crossed paths since a Champions League sport in November 2019, when Simeone mentioned of the then-Juventus striker: “He’s No. 1.”
Since then, Ronaldo has pulled transparent as the all time main scorer in Champions League historical past with 140 — 15 greater than Lionel Messi and 58 greater than the following participant at the checklist, Robert Lewandowski.
And the fireplace burns within Ronaldo up to ever on Champions League nights.
Targets haven’t been really easy to come back by means of since his go back to United ultimate yr, with the group enduring a turbulent season that has featured a metamorphosis of supervisor. Certainly, Ronaldo has only one objective in his ultimate 8 video games in all competitions, making it one among his leanest spells since turning into a scoring device within the latter a part of his first spell at United from 2003-09.
But, Ronaldo scored in all 5 crew video games wherein he performed, together with overdue winners in opposition to Villarreal and Atalanta at house and a stoppage-time equalizer at Atalanta. He lives for the large degree and the large moments, so he’ll relish a go back to Madrid to play his favourite opponent.
