Manchester United drew 1-1 with Chelsea, and it was the 37-year-old superstar Cristiano Ronaldo who scored for the team. The figure shows that United have scored nine goals in the Premier League recently, eight from Portuguese superstars, seven of which have been scored at Old Trafford. Aside from Ronaldo, only Fred has ever scored.
Interestingly, after so-called a youthful, homegrown cultural reset by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, United's two consecutive goals have recently been scored by players over the age of 33. The data shows that this season's Premier League has a total of 3 pairs of 33-year-old or older pairs to score goals, all from Manchester United, and all include the team's oldest 37-year-old "old man" C Ronaldo. Nemanja Matic assisted Cristiano Ronaldo in both games against Arsenal and Chelsea, and the Portuguese superstar also scored with the 34-year-old Cavani in his match against Tottenham.
It's hard to imagine how far United would be without the veteran to help. After the game, Lonnick also supported Ronaldo to stay at Manchester United and believed that he could become a key player in The tenghag's rebuilding process.
Ronnick, who will become a United adviser, said he would advise new coach Tenhag to keep Ronaldo. "I don't just mean his goals, but his overall performance, his attitude, how many times do you see him come back to his own half to help the defence? At the age of 37, it's unusual." "Today he proved himself again that if he continues to play like this, he will still be of great help to the team," Lonnick said.
In the game, due to chelsea right wing-back Rees James is very fierce, as a Manchester United center forward, C Ronaldo often returned to the defensive zone of left-back Tres to assist in defense. The data shows he has completed 2 clearances, as many as centre-back Varane and Matic at the back. It can also be seen through the hot spot map of the stadium activities that C Ronaldo is almost omnipresent in this game, especially on the left side, covering most of the front and back fields.
However, whether Ronaldo stays at Manchester United is not a matter for Ronnick, the club and Tenhag to decide, as one of the top stars in football today, the Portuguese can decide for themselves to stay. Manchester United are likely to miss out on next season's Champions League qualification, which will certainly affect the possibility of Cristiano Ronaldo staying. After the 2001/02 season, Cristiano Ronaldo has been playing in the Champions League for 20 consecutive years, and he will celebrate his 38th birthday next year, and he certainly does not want to waste a year missing out on the top european competition.
Asked about Ronaldo's future at Manchester United, Ronnick admitted: "Ultimately it depends on the decision of Eric (Tenhag) and Cristiano (Ronaldo) on both sides, what they want to do. So, I don't think that's the topic I should be talking about, and the only thing I can say is that Cristiano's performance today is really great."
Former United teammate Roy Keane has also hinted that Ronaldo may consider leaving. "I just think if there's one player in the team who can score that many goals, he has to play. Now Ronaldo naturally wants to play the main force week after week, which will bring problems. When the new manager takes office, United will be looking for another centre-forward. And Ronaldo will not be willing to be a substitute unless he plays every week to stay. I don't think he mind taking a break in the League Cup or after qualifying in Europe. But we saw the hidden dangers of a few months ago, whether it was away to Chelsea or Manchester City, he could suddenly be injured. But I think he still wants to be an absolute main player, which is a problem for the manager, because he may feel like he has to rotate Ronaldo."