Man Utd hero Keane blames Ten Hag for Ronaldo strop before Chelsea tie

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Manchester United legend Roy Keane has questioned Erik ten Hag’s decision to call on Cristiano Ronaldo with mere minutes to play against Tottenham on Wednesday. The Portuguese refused to come on and stormed down the tunnel before his boss dropped him from the squad to face Chelsea on Saturday. 

Marcus Rashford was selected to play through the middle against Spurs with Ronaldo, not for the first time, forced to watch on from the bench. Fred and Bruno Fernandes put the hosts out of sight by the time Ten Hag attempted to bring the 37-year-old on with a few minutes of the game left to play. 

But the five-time Ballon d’Or winner supposedly refused and trotted off down the tunnel before the final whistle. As the rift between player and manager rages on, Keane has weighed in with a sympathetic view towards Ronaldo. 

“This games full of bluffers, [Ronaldo] is not one of them,” he told Sky Sports before United’s clash with Chelsea on Saturday. “He loves the club, he needs to play, he wants to play, people saying he’s not the player he was 10 years ago, of course not but he was still leading goalscorer last season.

“He went to Man United, to a bad Manchester United team, really bad, and he was still the leading goalscorer. The last few weeks, he’s been frustrated. The Man City game, the Everton game when he came on as sub and scored, he came off against Newcastle, then [Ten Hag] wants to bring him on for a few minutes.

“I think they asked the manager in the press conference, did Ronaldo refuse to go on? But they should’ve asked him, when were you going to put him on? Late in the game, two or three minutes to go? Not too sure it’s a clever move.”

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