'He wanted that so much' - Erik ten Hag praises Cristiano Ronaldo and Jadon Sancho after Sheriff win

Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag celebrated his team’s 2-0 win at FC Sheriff and praised goalscorers Jadon Sancho and Cristiano Ronaldo. Sancho has suffered the disappointment of missing out on another England call-up while Ronaldo has struggled to become a first-team starter under the new coach after trying to leave in the summer transfer window. Ad However both impressed in their Europa League appearances, with Ronaldo getting his first goal of the season.

Europa League'Greatest of all time' Ronaldo will not accept role as a Europa League player — Scholes3 HOURS AGO Ten Hag told MUTV: “I’m really pleased [for Jadon Sancho]. Another goal… he’s doing well, but I think there’s much more room for improvement for him, because he has so many skills.” He continued “Ronaldo needed that goal. Many times he came close, but he wanted that so much.

We are happy for him and the team wanted to bring him a goal. You know that Cristiano will score a penalty.” On the match, he said: “Difficult start. The opponent played really direct, went for the second balls and they won too many in the first minutes.

But after a certain period we played better. Ronaldo and Sancho score as United cruise to win at FC Sheriff 'Greatest of all time' Ronaldo will not accept role as a Europa League player — Scholes “Then you say we can play between the lines, we got depth to our game and scored a great goal. Then we took control of the game.