Manchester United’s use of Cristiano Ronaldo borders on ‘abuse’, according to Michael Owen.

The 36-year-old was left on the bench for United’s 1-1 draw against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Sunday and he stormed down the tunnel without visiting the away end after the full-time whistle.

Ronaldo was given less than half an hour against the Blues and he cut a lonely figure when he did come on, with Michael Carrick selecting three defensive midfielders against Thomas Tuchel’s side.

The former Real Madrid man has bagged ten goals in 15 appearances for the Red Devils since returning to Old Trafford and he’s saved the side on a number of occasions, most notably with goals against Villarreal and Atalanta.

But Owen believes that Ronaldo is often left to run the side’s attack and says the lack of support he gets is ‘abusive’.

Asked whether he’d like to play in United’s team, Owen told Premier League Productions: ‘No you can’t! We were at Old Trafford for the City game the other day and all of a sudden it’s just exactly the same they leave Cristiano Ronaldo up front on his own. That’s almost abuse!

‘Having someone that good in your team and then playing everyone defensively and saying ‘That’s alright we’ll just hope he nicks a goal’ he’ll end up being average.

‘If you leave him and all these good players or just two of them playing and everyone else defending they’ll start putting in bad performances because they’ve got nobody to pass to, they’ve got no options, they’re chipping the ball form 50 yards away. They need other players to come up and help them.

‘It’s almost abusing the good players they’ve got and that’s the last thing you’ve got to do. If anything, expose the rubbish! Find ways of getting world class players in your team, get Pogba, get Fernandes, get Ronaldo, get them as best as you can.

‘If you let a few goals in because Bailly’s not great or Wan-Bissaka or whoever it may be then fine you can replace them but at the minute because they’re nervous and scared they just bulk up with sitting midfielders and more defenders and abuse the great players up front leaving half of them on the bench and one or two to play, they’ve got no chance!

Ralf Rangnick is expected to be named interim manager this week, although Michael Carrick could remain in charge for Thursday’s clash against Arsenal.

The German has agreed to take charge for the remainder of the season before taking on a consultancy role for a further two years.

Kingcalls:
Only messi fans will counter this...its showing at juve now...if Ronaldo was at city Chelsea or Liverpool, or even psg, he wud b on 20 goals now... utd don't creat more than 3 chances a game on the average and he has 10 goal.... imagine if he was in a team like those I mentioned that create about 10 to 15 a game...imagine if he was in werners place today...he wyd score his usual hat trick...Ronaldo has wasted his
His last 4 yrs with juve and now utd ...

paulolee:
DTS his opinion..big thumbs up to carrick for starting both cr7 n dt lazy maguire on d bench in such a big game bcox i never expected such..
Sancho got d only goal n baily had a wonderful game..
united fans should get used to such surprises bcoz dt new rangnick is a master tactician n his tactical brilliance dnt support predictability...
I keep telling people dt a pep dt I know is incharge of dis squad, he wont keep starting cr7 in big games after he went silent against Leicester, Liverpool, city n even Watford...

Icandream:
Manchester United ’s use of Cristiano Ronaldo borders on
‘abuse’, according to Michael Owen.
The 36-year-old was left on the bench for United’s 1-1 draw
against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Sunday and he
stormed down the tunnel without visiting the away end after
the full-time whistle.
Ronaldo was given less than half an hour against the Blues
and he cut a lonely figure when he did come on, with Michael
Carrick selecting three defensive midfielders against Thomas
Tuchel’s side.
The former Real Madrid man has bagged ten goals in 15
appearances for the Red Devils since returning to Old Trafford
and he’s saved the side on a number of occasions, most
notably with goals against Villarreal and Atalanta.
But Owen believes that Ronaldo is often left to run the side’s
attack and says the lack of support he gets is ‘abusive’.

Asked whether he’d like to play in United’s team, Owen told
Premier League Productions: ‘No you can’t! We were at Old
Trafford for the City game the other day and all of a sudden
it’s just exactly the same they leave Cristiano Ronaldo up
front on his own. That’s almost abuse!
‘Having someone that good in your team and then playing
everyone defensively and saying ‘That’s alright we’ll just hope
he nicks a goal’ he’ll end up being average.
‘If you leave him and all these good players or just two of
them playing and everyone else defending they’ll start putting
in bad performances because they’ve got nobody to pass to,
they’ve got no options, they’re chipping the ball form 50 yards
away. They need other players to come up and help them.
‘It’s almost abusing the good players they’ve got and that’s
the last thing you’ve got to do. If anything, expose the rubbish!
Find ways of getting world class players in your team, get
Pogba, get Fernandes, get Ronaldo, get them as best as you
can.
‘If you let a few goals in because Bailly’s not great or Wan-
Bissaka or whoever it may be then fine you can replace them
but at the minute because they’re nervous and scared they
just bulk up with sitting midfielders and more defenders and
abuse the great players up front leaving half of them on the
bench and one or two to play, they’ve got no chance!

Ralf Rangnick is expected to be named interim manager this
week, although Michael Carrick could remain in charge for
Thursday’s clash against Arsenal.
The German has agreed to take charge for the remainder of
the season before taking on a consultancy role for a further
two years.
United’s squad have been informed that Rangnick will be
taking interim charge.

https://metro.co.uk/2021/11/28/michael-owen-slams-manchester-uniteds-abuse-of-cristiano-ronaldo-15677956/?ito=newsnow-feed

Kingcalls:
Only messi fans will counter this...its showing at juve now...if Ronaldo was at city Chelsea or Liverpool, or even psg, he wud b on 20 goals now... utd don't creat more than 3 chances a game on the average and he has 10 goal.... imagine if he was in a team like those I mentioned that create about 10 to 15 a game...imagine if he was in werners place today...he wyd score his usual hat trick...Ronaldo has wasted his
His last 4 yrs with juve and now utd ...

Milli10:


Why can't Ronaldo create chances himself if he can't score? This is the real difference between him and Messi. If Messi doesn't score in a game, he creates chances to score.

Milli10:


Why can't Ronaldo create chances himself if he can't score? This is the real difference between him and Messi. If Messi doesn't score in a game, he creates chances to score.

Milli10:


Why can't Ronaldo create chances himself if he can't score? This is the real difference between him and Messi. If Messi doesn't score in a game, he creates chances to score.

Milli10:


Why can't Ronaldo create chances himself if he can't score? This is the real difference between him and Messi. If Messi doesn't score in a game, he creates chances to score.

paulolee:

simple...than waiting for only tapins or depending on a creative team to keep loading him with assist...
d moment mendy gave away dt ball to Fred in dt chelsea game, I happy as fred went for goal n try to lob Mendy bt missed...
e for pain me say e pass d ball to cr7 bcoz dt wan go score empty net with his normal tap in, rush n offshirt asif he did everything n his fans go flood nairaland dey shout say he won united all 3 points bcoz he always perform in big games..
player dt can do nothing without d help of mistake from defense or tapins from team mate

Kingcalls:
Only messi fans will counter this...its showing at juve now...if Ronaldo was at city Chelsea or Liverpool, or even psg, he wud b on 20 goals now... utd don't creat more than 3 chances a game on the average and he has 10 goal.... imagine if he was in a team like those I mentioned that create about 10 to 15 a game...imagine if he was in werners place today...he wyd score his usual hat trick...Ronaldo has wasted his
His last 4 yrs with juve and now utd ...

Milli10:


Why can't Ronaldo create chances himself if he can't score? This is the real difference between him and Messi. If Messi doesn't score in a game, he creates chances to score.

paulolee:
DTS his opinion..big thumbs up to carrick for starting both sancho n dt bailey in dt game bcox i never expected such
Sancho got d only goal n baily had a wonderful game n I pray e keeps his shirt
united fans should get used to such surprises bcoz dt new rangnick is a master tactician n his tactical brilliance dnt support predictability...
I keep telling people dt a pep dt I know is incharge of dis squad, he wont keep starting cr7 in big games after he went silent against Leicester, Liverpool, city n even Watford...

Kingcalls:
Only messi fans will counter this...its showing at juve now...if Ronaldo was at city Chelsea or Liverpool, or even psg, he wud b on 20 goals now... utd don't creat more than 3 chances a game on the average and he has 10 goal.... imagine if he was in a team like those I mentioned that create about 10 to 15 a game...imagine if he was in werners place today...he wyd score his usual hat trick...Ronaldo has wasted his
His last 4 yrs with juve and now utd ...