{"id":10935,"date":"2021-10-05T16:38:54","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T11:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=156177"},"modified":"2021-10-05T16:38:54","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T11:08:54","slug":"ronaldos-absence-gave-everton-a-boost-says-sir-alex-ferguson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/ronaldos-absence-gave-everton-a-boost-says-sir-alex-ferguson\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cRonaldo\u2019s absence gave Everton a boost,\u201d says Sir Alex Ferguson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United on Saturday came with a surprising starting 11 because it did not consist of Ronaldo, Pogba and Jadon Sancho, it was clear by Ole Gunnar that it was a management decision as Manchester United just came off an as said by ole \u201cphysically and emotionally tiring game\u201d just three days earlier. Even though Ronaldo came off the bench in the second half, and was up by 1 goal against Everton, Martial scored an in-swing on an assist of Bruno.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Up and running in 2021\/22 \ud83d\udc4a<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnthonyMartial?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AnthonyMartial<\/a> \ud83c\udfaf<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MUFC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MUFC<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MUNEVE?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MUNEVE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Manchester United (@ManUtd) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ManUtd\/status\/1444407339986083844?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 2, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>United have only won the last 2 of their 6 matches and frustration has set to begin under Ronaldo and the staff. Sir Alex, who has been there and won a whopping 13 Premier League titles was in the standings with none other than UFC legend himself Khabib.<\/p>\n<p>Even Khabib points out how Ronaldo came in the 2nd half to which Scott replied, \u201cYeah I know\u2026 but you should always start with your best player,\u201d reports Sky Sports.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Introducing <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TeamKhabib?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TeamKhabib<\/a> to the \ud835\udc13\ud835\udc21\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc1e \ud835\udc28\ud835\udc1f \ud835\udc03\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc26\ud835\udc2c \ud83c\udfdf\ufe0f\u2728<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MUFC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MUFC<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UnitedOnTikTok?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UnitedOnTikTok<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dPbCu5ohiA\">pic.twitter.com\/dPbCu5ohiA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Manchester United (@ManUtd) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ManUtd\/status\/1445046551693434884?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 4, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Ronaldo who has scored 5 goals in the last 6 matches\u00a0 was first signed by\u00a0 Furguson when he was just an 18-year-old kid at Sporting Lisbon, who was again a big part of why Ronaldo came back again to the Red Devils<\/p>\n<p>Gary Neville says that Ronaldo\u2019s frustrated walk-off at Old Trafford only puts pressure on Ole Gunnar. Neville on his recent podcast said, \u201cCristiano is smart enough to know actions like that will only bring more pressure towards the manager. He (Ronaldo) is not always going to score and maybe he can\u2019t play every game. But if he is going to walk out like that, he is going to put immense pressure on Solskjaer.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cristiano Ronaldo not starting against Everton gave them all the boost and momentum, one should always start with their best player, questions Sir Alex Ferguson on Solskjaer\u2019s decision for not starting the Portuguese star against Everton. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":220,"featured_media":33411,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[419,321,1141,342,249,1192,613],"class_list":["post-10935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-anthony-martial","tag-cristiano-ronaldo","tag-everton-fc","tag-jadon-sancho","tag-manchester-united","tag-ole-gunnar-solskjaer","tag-paul-pogba"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/220"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10935"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10935\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}