Ex-footballers, pundits, Manchester United fans slam Ronaldo for storming out of Tottenham match

Cristiano Ronaldo is once again dominating the headline despite not playing a single minute in Manchester United’s 2-0 victory over Tottenham in the Premier League on Wednesday, October 19, 2022. Manchester United produced their best performance under new manager Erik Ten Hag with a commanding and emphatic 2-0 over out-of-sought Tottenham Hotspur. Despite the incredible display from the likes of Casemiro, Fred and the likes Bruno Fernandez, Ronaldo grabbed the headlines for an act that has infuriated Manchester United fans. As the team pulled off a spirited performance, Cristiano Ronaldo walked off the pitch in protest in the dying embers of the game and the United fans are having none of that. Reacting to the incident after the game, Manchester United coach Erik Ten Hag parried questions on it, stating that he would like to focus on the victory instead of the incident by the five-time Ballon d’Or winner. “I don’t pay attention today [to this]. We deal with that tomorrow. We want to focus on this team, it was a magnificent performance from all 11 players. I have seen him [leaving], but I didn’t speak to him after. I will deal with that tomorrow. “Today I enjoyed the performance – we are celebrating this victory and now we have to recover from this and we have a big game against Chelsea [on Saturday] – the Premier League is so exciting. “I have to correct myself, not 11 players but the subs who came on, it was a squad performance. What we see today are 11 players who defend and 11 who attack and there was a lot of dynamic in the attack but I would not say I am totally satisfied because that has to be the standard.” On social media, Manchester United fans have called out Ronaldo for being ‘poisonous and selfish’. They are angry that he is making it all about himself and taking the shine away from his teammates who put up a spirited performance.

Cristiano Ronaldo is embarrassing and don’t even bother coming at me. The greatest performance of Erik ten Hag’s reign so far and he tries to make it about himself because United played levels better without trying to accommodate him. Again. Just becoming sad at this point…— Alex Turk (@AlexCTurk) October 19, 2022

Ronaldo walks off down the tunnel.... I blame the Glazers. They've created this mess by not letting him go when Ten Hag said it was ok— Mark Goldbridge (@markgoldbridge) October 19, 2022

Exactly why I didn't want Ronaldo at Chelsea. Isn't about the team, it's about himself.— Conn (@ConnCFC) October 19, 2022

"That's unacceptable." "It's so poor." The #MOTD team weren't impressed with Cristiano Ronaldo ????‍♂️ pic.twitter.com/cNPyNLicru— Match of the Day (@BBCMOTD) October 20, 2022

Cristiano Ronaldo went down the tunnel at Old Trafford before final whistle. ???????? #MUFC Erik ten Hag: “I will deal with that tomorrow, not today. We are now celebrating this victory”. pic.twitter.com/Ll4raQovL8— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) October 19, 2022

Every Man United fan loved their performance tonight. Ten Hag put on a show. Something that everybody should talk about, but Ronaldo chose to steal the headlines and ruin their celebration. Unbelievable!— BeksFCB (@Joshua_Ubeku) October 19, 2022

Amazing performance from Ronaldo tonight ???? ???? ???? pic.twitter.com/LKy2wyogfy— Honest Ronaldo Fan ????????????⚪️???????? (@HonestPenaldo) October 19, 2022

Ronaldo is embarrassing ???? Walking off before final whistle with his team winning ???? pic.twitter.com/lFxHXexSYR— mx (@MessiMX30iiii) October 19, 2022

Poor from Ronaldo have your day 03717223344 you can’t walk down the tunnel when there’s 5 minutes left, lack of respect for the rest of his team mates @talkSPORT— Jamie Ohara (@Mrjamieohara1) October 19, 2022

Now Ronaldo fans are shamelessly saying he was going to the washroom ????????????????????????????????????— Lατιf???? (@iLatif_) October 19, 2022

Ronaldo just loves drawing attention, why leave the stadium when the match was going on? He shouldn’t play for Manchester United ever again— Lατιf???? (@iLatif_) October 19, 2022

I’m crying Ronaldo has just walked off???? pic.twitter.com/1Mu4XZ2XuI— george (@StokeyyG2) October 19, 2022

Ronaldo's heatmap against Tottenham pic.twitter.com/82A7Z1GQDr— Troll Football (@TrollFootball) October 19, 2022

???? “If it wasn’t Ronaldo, I would be tempted to ask: ‘Can we let him go now?!’” ❌ “I wouldn’t have spoken to him after. I would say to Ronaldo to come in at 10am!” ???? “That would ruin his day off.”@WarnockOfficial reacts to Cristiano Ronaldo walking down the #MUFC tunnel… pic.twitter.com/3XmVijJWyZ— talkSPORT (@talkSPORT) October 20, 2022