MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) – Manchester United supervisor Ralf Rangnick is hoping Cristiano Ronaldo can reproduce his type from the weekend after they face against Atletico Madrid within the Champions League on Tuesday.
The Portugal ahead returned from a hip damage to roll again the years with a hat-trick against Tottenham Hotspur within the Premier League on Saturday, laying declare to the all-time main scorer file in skilled soccer with 807 targets.
With the last-16 tie at dwelling to Atletico stage at 1-1 after the primary leg in Madrid, Rangnick mentioned he had no considerations that Ronaldo, 37, would possibly battle after his exertions against Spurs.
“His total efficiency was good, if not excellent, and that is what we hope to see from him once more tomorrow night time,” the interim supervisor advised a information convention on Monday.
“I’m not nervous that he isn’t been ready to recuperate. He’s all the time been an individual that appears after himself and his physique. He is aware of what to do.
“If he can rating one other three targets, we are going to see. It’s not simple to rating three targets against this crew in any respect.”
United winger Anthony Elanga netted within the eightieth minute to cancel out an early objective by Atletico’s Joao Felix within the first leg and Rangnick mentioned his crew wanted to present higher focus at Old Trafford so they didn’t have to chase the sport once more.
“We noticed within the first half in Madrid what we should not do, how we should not play, and this was an enormous subject for us yesterday and at present after we spoke pre-match about tomorrow’s sport,” he added.
“We have a unbelievable alternative to be within the prime eight groups of Europe and that is precisely what we’re attempting to obtain.
“It’s essential (not to concede first). Even extra so against a crew like Atletico, who do not thoughts the opposite crew having the ball.
“In their final 4 or 5 video games, that they had lower than 50% possession. We are conscious of that, we would like to attempt not to concede in any respect if attainable, however it will likely be vital to rating the primary objective ourselves.”
(Reporting by Anita Kobylinska in Gdansk; Editing by Ken Ferris)
