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Posted on: Monday, March 7, 2022 – 2:28 AM | Last update: Monday 7 March 2022 – 2:39 AM
The Manchester United team suffered a humiliating defeat once morest its arch-rival Manchester City (1-4) in the “derby” that brought them together on Sunday evening, in the 28th round of the English Premier League.
While Jadon Sancho scored the orphan’s goal of the “Red Devils” team in the 22nd minute of the first half of the meeting, which was held at “Al Ittihad” stadium.
And it seems that Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo is the biggest winner in this match, following he missed the squad chosen by the other German Ralph Rangnick, 63, the new coach of Manchester United, and even from the bench as well.
Press reports indicated that Ronaldo refused to even be on the team’s squad for this match, following he learned that there was no place for him in the starting lineup that coach Ralf Rangnick would rely on.
However, Rangnick revealed the reasons for the absence of his team’s trio, Cristiano Ronaldo, French defender Raphael Varane and right-back Luke Shaw, from facing his host Manchester City, in statements to “Sky Sports” before the match: “Rafael Varane and Luke Shaw were infected with the Corona virus, while Cristiano suffers from Some groin problems.
Regarding Ronaldo’s absence, the German coach said: “The absence of Cristiano with us today, I cannot say that it is good news .. but I do not see it as a great loss, and I may do it in other matches.”
Manchester City, led by its Spanish coach, “spherical philosopher” Pep Guardiola, raised its score following this precious victory, to 69 points, moving away from the top of the league by 6 points from its runner-up, Liverpool, who played a game less.
While Manchester United’s balance, following this humiliating defeat, stopped at 47 points and fell to fifth place so far, it was difficult for him to occupy one of the first four places that qualified for the Champions League next season.
