Since the six that they received from Manchester City in the derby at the beginning of October, Manchester United did not lose for nine games, most of which they also played good football.
Yesterday (Sunday) the streak was interrupted with an away loss to Aston Villa (3:1) which was their fourth overall in the league since the start of the season. This loss was of course not well received by United's coach - Eric ten Haag - and of course not by the media who once again criticized Cristiano Ronaldo fiercely.
"In football you get what you deserve and we weren't good enough," Ten Haah told the media, "It happened to us after a long time, but as I said all the time, things depend on us. But we didn't keep the ball, we didn't stand up correctly, we didn't apply the instructions and we lost in battles. We lost the game at the beginning of each half and that is unacceptable to me. Aston Villa looked fresher and more ready."
"Donnie van de Beek is not good, it just doesn't work, Marcus Rashford on the right never succeeds and this is really not Cristiano Ronaldo's season", wrote the "Manchester Evening News", "Manchester United cannot afford to build on Cristiano after the World Cup break."
Ronaldo and Mings in a head-to-head confrontation, yesterday, photo: Reuters
Also, in the kingdom they dealt with Ronaldo's heated confrontation with Tyrone Mings, the host's defender.
A physical struggle during a United set-piece turned into a delirious wrestling match in the middle of Villa's box.
The Daily Mail wrote "Ronaldo and Mings got into a wrestling match, and the Portuguese escaped a red card" while Goal.com wrote: "Ronaldo and Mings showed impressive WWE skills".
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