‘Selfish and disrespectful’ Cristiano Ronaldo slammed for leaving Manchester United vs Tottenham early

Cristiano Ronaldo has been widely criticised for leaving before full-time during Manchester United’s win over Tottenham on Wednesday night.

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United cruised to a 2-0 victory at Old Trafford courtesy of goals from Fred and Bruno Fernandes.

Ronaldo was dropped to the bench for the game, the only change from United’s last game with Newcastle, a decision that paid off with the Red Devils’ fluid attack overwhelming Spurs.

It is not the first time that Erik ten Hag as benched the star forward however and just before the clock hit 90 minutes, the 37-year-old could hold his frustration in no more as stormed off down the tunnel, even though there was still a chance that he could be subbed on.

Ten Hag has said he will deal with Ronaldo tomorrow, but many pundits watching the game where left furious with Portugal international.

Former Premier League defender Danny Mills was one of them, telling Sky Sports: ‘It’s a little bit of a selfish act to go, “oh actually I’m not involved”, he knows full well that everybody’s going to see it.

‘You know what it’s like at Old Trafford, you’ve got to walk all the way down the touchline, not just sneaking down at the halfway line. He knows everyone’s going to watch him.

<p lang=«en» dir=«ltr» xml:lang=«en»>“If he’s done that, it’s an absolute disgrace.” ð Cristiano Ronaldo has left the #MUFC bench and headed towards the tunnel before the full-time whistle pic.twitter.com/flXoqqh8dL

‘And I feel sorry for United now, and Ten Hag because that’s an outstanding result against a top side and all it’s going to be about is Ronaldo.

‘It’s an absolute disgrace, I think it’s incredibly disrespectful to the team, to the manager, to the fans.

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