Ronaldo makes feelings clear after being subbed in disappointing draw vs. Newcastle

MANCHESTER, England -- Manchester United were held to a frustrating goalless gully against Newcastle United successful their Premier League clash astatine Old Trafford connected Sunday.

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The hosts were near fuming aft referee Craig Pawson ruled retired 2 Cristiano Ronaldo strikes aboriginal successful the 2nd half. Erik 10 Hag's broadside besides felt they should person been awarded a punishment erstwhile Jadon Sancho was brought down wrong the area. For their part, the visitors thought they should person been awarded a spot footwear of their ain aft 9 minutes.

The effect sees Man United stay successful 5th successful the Premier League table, portion Newcastle beryllium a presumption down them successful sixth.

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Rapid reaction

1. Man United conflict for goals arsenic they're held by Newcastle

Manchester United needed 35 attempts to people successful Thursday's 1-0 win implicit Omonia Nicosia, but afterward Ten Hag insisted it was lone a substance of clip earlier the goals would commencement to flow.

Unfortunately for the Dutchman, he's inactive waiting. United rode their luck successful the archetypal fractional and were fortunate to beryllium level astatine the interruption but should person won the crippled successful the 2nd half. Fred and substitute Marcus Rashford missed 2 aureate chances astatine the end, and Ten Hag was near holding his caput successful his hands by the clip the last whistle went.

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United managed 15 shots against Newcastle, but goalkeeper Nick Pope had to look lone 2 connected target. You tin recognize why, successful the Premier League's existent apical 10, lone Bournemouth person scored less goals. It's not conscionable an contented of being much clinical. Jadon Sancho and Antony started connected the wings, but acold excessively often they were contented with passing backward oregon sideways alternatively than moving beyond the Newcastle defence. It's a important play for United with games against Tottenham and Chelsea to travel adjacent week, but they haven't gotten disconnected to a large start. Ten Hag needs to find goals from determination soon.

2. Ronaldo contented not going away

The time started truthful good for Ronaldo, who was picked to commencement a Premier League crippled for the archetypal clip since August and earlier kick-off collected an grant to people his 700th nine goal, scored astatine Everton past weekend. But earlier the crippled had ended, and with the people inactive 0-0, helium sat connected the bench, shaking his head.

Ronaldo got the victor astatine Goodison Park a week agone and started the triumph implicit Omonia Nicosia, but it is not a large endorsement of Ten Hag's spot successful him that helium was the antheral replaced by Rashford erstwhile United were inactive searching for a goal. It mightiness person been due to the fact that helium had already been booked, but the 37-year-old was intelligibly not blessed with the determination and, aft a agelong speech with Antony, began shaking his caput arsenic helium walked off. When the tv cameras focused connected the seat a fewer minutes later, helium was inactive astatine it.

You tin recognize wherefore Ronaldo mightiness person felt hard done by. If there's anyone who mightiness get you a extremity from a crippled of fewer chances, it's him, and it wasn't similar Jadon Sancho, Antony oregon Fred were playing peculiarly good -- immoderate of the 3 could person been sacrificed for Rashford instead.

3. Newcastle amusement top-six credentials

Eddie Howe's broadside arrived astatine Old Trafford sitting sixth successful the table, having mislaid conscionable 1 league game, and they showed against United that their commencement to the play is nary fluke.

Newcastle volition consciousness they should person gotten much than a point, particularly aft Joelinton managed to deed the crossbar and the station with 2 abstracted headers successful the abstraction of a mates of seconds successful the archetypal half. They caused United a batch of problems, peculiarly successful the archetypal 45 minutes, which was adjacent much awesome fixed they were without 2 of their main attacking threats successful Allan Saint-Maximin and Alexander Isak.

They already showed they tin lucifer the large boys successful a 3-3 gully against Manchester City, and this was further confirmation.

They've spent wealth -- much than £120 cardinal successful the summertime model unsocial -- but they've done it wisely, and if they tin proceed successful the aforesaid form, they should beryllium good successful the premix for European shot by the extremity of the season. It volition beryllium a large ask, but determination is adjacent a accidental of gate-crashing the apical 4 and earning a spot successful adjacent season's Champions League.

Player ratings

Manchester United: De Gea 6, Dalot 6, Shaw 6, Varane 7, Martinez 6, Casemiro 6, Fred 5, Fernandes 7, Sancho 5, Antony 5, Ronaldo 6.
Subs: Rashford 6.

Newcastle United: Pope 6, Trippier 8, Burn 7, Botman 7, Schar 6, Joelinton 7, Longstaff 6, Guimaraes 6, Murphy 6, Almiron 6, Wilson 6.
Subs: Fraser 6, Targett 6, Willock 6, Wood 6, Lascelles 6.

Best and worst performers

BEST

Kieran Trippier: Newcastle's skipper enactment successful a show that showed wherefore United were truthful funny successful signing him from Atletico Madrid.

WORST

Jadon Sancho: He was astir apt lone successful the squad due to the fact that Rashford wasn't feeling good capable to start, and it was different crippled wherever helium struggled to marque an impact.

Highlights and notable moments

Former Man United manager Sir Alex Ferguson made an quality connected the transportation earlier the crippled to congratulate David de Gea and Cristiano Ronaldo for their 500th nine quality and 700th vocation nine extremity respectively.

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But aft 72 frustrating minutes successful which helium was denied nine vocation extremity No. 701, Ronaldo was replaced by Rashford. He was, successful the words of Sky Sports expert Jamie O'Hara, "absolutely fuming" astatine being substituted with the crippled inactive successful the balance.

After the match: What the managers, players said

Erik 10 Hag connected his attacking changes: "We person to retrieve 4 games successful 10 days and particularly for the strikers, I privation to support them fresh. I privation to support them each fresh, we person to rotate due to the fact that of immoderate problems we have. [Anthony] Martial is not disposable successful this moment, past Rashy [Marcus Rashford] was not well, truthful helium did not person vigor for the full game. We had to program to screen for the 4 games due to the fact that we privation to triumph oregon astatine slightest get a effect successful each 4 games."

Ten Hag connected his heated treatment with referee Craig Pawson astatine full-time: "I don't person a comment, everyone has seen it. Everyone has seen what happened contiguous connected the pitch, I don't person a comment."

Newcastle manager Eddie Howe: "Especially successful the archetypal fractional I thought we were precise good. Joelinton had the 2 chances erstwhile helium deed the woodwork, we could perchance person had a punishment for the situation connected Callum Wilson. I thought it was a beardown outcry for a penalty. Callum looked similar helium caught the lad's calf erstwhile running. I've seen them fixed different day. We mislaid our mode truly successful the 2nd fractional and I'm gladsome the afloat clip whistle has gone.

Howe connected Ronaldo's disallowed goal: "I could spot it astatine the time, and for maine it was wide Fabi wasn't taking the kick. He was allowing Nick to bash it. I don't cognize if the ref had blown his whistle, but I don't deliberation helium had to restart play. For me, it was wide that Nick was waiting to really present the free-kick and then, obviously, Ronaldo had taken the shot disconnected him. It would person been a very, precise hard extremity to swallow if it had stood. For maine it was wide the shot it wasn't successful play."

Key stats (provided by ESPN Stats & Information)

Cristiano Ronaldo started a Premier League crippled for the archetypal clip since Aug. 13, erstwhile Manchester United mislaid 4-0 to Brentford.

Manchester United person registered 76 goalless draws successful the Premier League, 31 of which (41%) person travel since Alex Ferguson's status successful 2013. No broadside has had arsenic galore 0-0s successful the contention since the commencement of the 2013-14 season.

Up next

Manchester United: Things don't get immoderate easier for Erik 10 Hag's side, with 2 large clashes against top-four rivals coming implicit the adjacent week. On Wednesday, third-placed Tottenham Hotspur sojourn Old Trafford having mislaid conscionable 1 league crippled each season, earlier a travel to Stamford Bridge connected Sunday to look fourth-placed Chelsea.

Newcastle United: Newcastle volition question to Tottenham connected Sunday to person different ace astatine claiming a connection triumph against 1 of the "big six" aft drafting with Manchester City and Man United already this season, but not earlier they big Everton connected Wednesday.