Manchester United interim supervisor Ralf Rangnick rejected any suggestion that there was extra to Cristiano Ronaldo’s absence from his group for Sunday’s 4-1 defeat to Manchester City than a hip harm.
Former United captain Roy Keane had questioned how real the harm was throughout the Sky Sports broadcast of the derby, saying: “We talk about Ronaldo being some sort of machine, he’s very rarely injured and then every now and again he comes out… and says hip flexor. It doesn’t add up to me.”
Keane made comparable feedback after the sport and Rangnick was requested in his information convention to reply.
“The doctor came to see me on Friday and told me Cristiano cannot train due to a problem with his hip flexor and the same was true on Saturday and that’s why he couldn’t be part of the squad,” Rangnick mentioned.
“It’s just a fact if players tell the medical department that they are injured and they cannot play I have to accept it,” he added.
United had been additionally with out their Uruguayan ahead Edinson Cavani attributable to harm however Rangnick mentioned he had been match sufficient to coach.
“Edi trained in the last three days, he trained well but he still felt after those three training sessions yesterday afternoon that he is still not fit to play. This is a fact. As a manager, I cannot force a player if he does not feel fit enough or well enough to play,” mentioned the German.
United have slipped out of the highest 4 after their loss and Arsenal’s 3-2 win over Watford left them some extent behind the Gunners having performed three video games extra and Rangnick mentioned there was little room for error.
“I didn’t actually expect Arsenal to lose at Watford so for us it’s clear, if we still want to have a chance to finish fourth at the end of the season, we can almost not drop any more points,” he mentioned.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
