Gary Neville: To play the strength of C Ronaldo, Lingard is the key, and the master and apprentice are more powerful on the same stage

How Manchester United can fully play the full strength of C Ronaldo and fully integrate C Ronaldo into Manchester United's tactical system has always been one of the focuses of media commentary. Cristiano Ronaldo scored a stunning five goals in six games and won the best player in the Manchester United team in September, but United's recent record has not been good.

After Manchester United drew 1-1 with Everton, Cristiano Ronaldo looked very frustrated when he left Old Trafford, manchester United has not yet fully played C Ronaldo's attacking power, but also because they want to play Ronaldo's offensive ability and make the attack and defense appear unbalanced. Gary Neville believes that Manchester United need to choose the right players, let these players work harder to surround Cristiano Ronaldo, in order to achieve an offensive and defensive balance, and give full play to the strength of Ronaldo, Gary Neville believes that Lingard should get more opportunities to play.

In an interview with Sky Sports Podcast, Neville argued that Cristiano Ronaldo was in great need of players who could defend hard behind him, and that had never changed, even in 2008 at Manchester United. At that time, Manchester United had Park Ji-sung, Fletcher, Rooney, Tevez, they were like a carousel, rotating around C Ronaldo, trying to make up for Ronaldo's shortcomings.

Neville said: Cristiano Ronaldo needs the understanding of his teammates very much, understanding that he will not press from the front, he will not run hard, he will not intercept passes, when you don't have the ball, you are almost 1 person less. But that's how United played 10 years ago because Cristiano Ronaldo has the ability to decide the game.

Gary Neville admitted that the addition of Cristiano Ronaldo upset United's offensive and defensive balance, but United have not yet found a solution, in fact Neville has always been inclined to choose the right player to solve the problem. Neville suggested that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer have Cavani, Jesse Lingard and Cristiano Ronaldo start the game together, which would have an unexpected effect. Cavani defends and presses very hard, and Ronaldo can appear on the left, which is Ronaldo's most comfortable playing area, and then send players who run and oppress like Jesse Lingard.

Gary Neville believes that Jesse Lingard's role at Manchester United should be closer to that of Park Ji-sung, the best players may not be able to make the best team, but the best team will definitely revolve around the best players. A good team needs to have soldiers and generals, at the moment this Manchester United has many generals, but there are not many soldiers, unless the Manchester United generals can defend very hard, Manchester United will not win anything, which is the key to Fletcher, Bart, Hargreaves, Park Ji-sung can be successful in Manchester United.

Jesse Lingard and Cristiano Ronaldo clearly have more room to work with in the penalty area, assisting Cristiano Ronaldo in a goal against Villarreal and a goal in the deadly goal against West Ham. Ta magazine and other media once believed that Lingard had become Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's super substitute and secret weapon.

However, Jesse Lingard has not yet been given a starting opportunity in the league, and it seems that there is a certain overlap between Jesse Lingard's position and Bruno Fernandez, and United need to strike a certain balance in the allocation of playing time between the two. But Gary Neville insists that to establish a core, there can't be too many ball-splitters.