Manchester United’s Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo will start his second Premier League game of the season, with Newcastle’s reception on Sunday for the eleventh matchday.
After a summer of trying to leave the Red Devils, Ronaldo was benched by manager Erik Ten Hag after his humiliating 4-0 defeat to Brentford on Matchday 2 on 13 August 2019. .
Holder of the Europa League in the four days played, he had to be content with leaving the bench in the league.
But after Anthony Martial’s injury last week after half an hour of play at Everton, which allowed “CR7” to score the winning goal (2-1), his first of the season in the Premier League , Ronaldo was preferred to Marcus Rashford who starts on the bench.
The Portuguese will be surrounded by Antony on the right and Jadon Sancho on the attacking line for this duel between ambitious, Manchester aiming for 5th place with 15 points clear of Newcastle, even if the Magpies have one more game.
