Cristiano Ronaldo upstaged by Arsenal youngster as Man Utd's defence terrorised
dailystar.co.ukCristiano Ronaldo has spent the thick end of two decades being the greatest No.7 on the planet.But here at the Emirates, he wasn't even the greatest one on the pitch.
There isn't a bigger compliment for a player in football than being compared to Ronaldo, considering his standing in the game.But Arsenal's Bukayo Saka had the nerve to go one better against Manchester United and outshone the Portuguese icon with the sort of performance that will have had England boss Gareth Southgate drooling with his potential to have a starring role at the World Cup in Qatar which is on the horizon.Ralf Rangnick believes United need "open heart surgery" in a bid to get back to rude health.
So it felt fitting that Saka chose to take a scalpel to the soft underbelly that is now the United defence and give it the sort of filleting that will have made incoming boss Erik Ten Hag feel sick to his own stomach about.
United supporters have spent months thinking Harry Maguire is the problem at the back. Think again. It took less than three minutes for Raphael Varane and Alex Telles to make Maguire look he was missed.
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