Cristiano Ronaldo will keep on scoring, says Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag

Erik ten Hag expects to see plenty more from Cristiano Ronaldo after his 700th career club goal got him off the mark in the league for this campaign and delivered a 2-1 win for Manchester United at Everton.

Ronaldo came off the bench to replace the injured Anthony Martial in the 29th minute at Goodison Park.

Fifteen minutes later he was celebrating the landmark strike after Antony cancelled out Alex Iwobi’s early goal with his third for United in as many Premier League appearances.

After a summer of transfer speculation, Ronaldo, 37, continues to be linked with a move away from United this January amid frustration at playing a reduced role and a lack of Champions League football.

He had played only 207 minutes of Premier League action before this match and was left out of the starting XI again, but, after seeing him get off the mark for this campaign, Ten Hag talked up his importance.

“That is really impressive,” he said. “When you score 700 goals, it’s a huge performance.

"I’m really happy for him. I congratulate him on that performance and I’m also happy it’s his first goal this season in the Premier League. He had to wait for it and I’m sure there will be more goals.

“I think every player needs it, even when you are the best in the world, you need it, you need the goals.

"I worked with many goal-scorers, especially them, they need goals in every season to have that feeling, to have the confirmation of the intuition.

“Once they have some goals they come in the flow and games go easier, and that will happen with him as well.”

Cristiano Ronaldo of Manchester United in action during a first team training session at Carrington Training Ground in Manchester, England. All photos: Getty Images

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