England defender and Manchester United captain Harry Maguire has had his fair proportion of critics, with lots of people questioning his defensive capabilities in addition to aerial skills. So it should have come as a aid to Maguire when he lastly netted a purpose with a well-placed header towards Leeds United on Sunday. Manchester United would go on to win the match 4-2 with Bruno Fernandes, Anthony Elanga and Fred being the opposite three purpose scorers for the Red Devils.
In a press convention on Tuesday, earlier than United’s upcoming Champions League conflict towards Atletico Madrid, midfielder Fernandes informed the media what precisely he had stated to his captain Maguire after he scored that purpose towards Leeds.
“I was slapping his head and saying finally you score with that big head,” Fernandes stated, sitting alongside coach Ralf Rangnick. The Portuguese midfielder additionally dismissed the tales of rifts within the Man United dressing room.
🗣 “I was slapping his head and saying finally you score with that big head.”
Bruno Fernandes reveals what he stated to Harry Maguire when he scored and dismisses the tales of rifts within the Man United dressing room pic.twitter.com/jswCwtvWqY
— Football Daily (@footballdaily) February 22, 2022
On Wednesday, United will go up towards Atletico Madrid which would be the first time Cristiano Ronaldo and Atletico have crossed paths since a Champions League recreation in November 2019, when Simeone stated of the then-Juventus striker: “He is No. 1.”
Since then, Ronaldo has pulled clear because the all-time main scorer in Champions League historical past with 140 — 15 greater than Lionel Messi and 58 greater than the subsequent participant on the listing, Robert Lewandowski.
And the fireplace burns inside Ronaldo as a lot as ever on Champions League nights.
Goals haven’t been really easy to return by since his return to United final yr, with the workforce enduring a turbulent season that has featured a change of supervisor. Indeed, Ronaldo has only one purpose in his final eight video games in all competitions, making it one in every of his leanest spells since changing into a scoring machine within the latter a part of his first spell at United from 2003-09.
Yet, Ronaldo scored in all 5 group video games during which he performed, together with late winners towards Villarreal and Atalanta at house and a stoppage-time equalizer at Atalanta. He lives for the large stage and the large moments, so he’ll relish a return to Madrid to play his favourite opponent.
