Man Utd need slicing edge as Rangnick urges Ronaldo to stop drought

Man Utd need slicing edge as Rangnick urges Ronaldo to stop drought

United paid the price for poor completing in Tuesday's 1-1 draw at suffering Burnley and ultimate week's surprise FA Cup defeat in opposition to 2d tier Middlesbrough.

Despite the presence of Portugal movie star Ronaldo in their attack, United have scored greater than once in only three of their 9 league matches underneath Rangnick.

Ronaldo has gone 5 games with out a intention in all competitions and looked sad when he left the pitch at complete-time after his replacement appearance towards Burnley.

The 37-year-old, United's pinnacle scorer this season with 14 desires, ultimate went five games with out a purpose in club soccer at Real Madrid in 2010.

Rangnick is aware of Ronaldo's goals are crucial to United's hopes of a successful stop to the season, but he wants the rest of the crew to shoulder some of the load as well.

"It's now not best approximately Cristiano Ronaldo. That he ought to score more goals is apparent," Rangnick instructed journalists in advance of Saturday's Premier League sport against Southampton.

"I suppose we're growing enough probabilities and sufficient possibilities within the ultimate couple of video games however we just didn't rating enough dreams.

"But this is not only an issue with Cristiano, it is also an issue with all the other players, mainly with the offensive players, that we do no longer rating sufficient dreams if you bear in mind what number of chances we create.

"This is likewise something that desires to get higher inside the subsequent couple of weeks."

Reports this week claimed some of United's players are sad with Rangnick's dour style and his use of assistant Chris Armas.

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