Twitter erupts as Cristiano Ronaldo-led Manchester United suffer shock defeat to Wolves
Cristiano Ronaldo and Manchester United were handed a shock 1-0 defeat by Wolves in the Premier League on Monday. The Red Devils flattered to decieve in front of their own fans at Old Trafford in a game where Cristiano Ronaldo donned the captain's armband.
The Portuguese superstar stepped in to lead Manchester United in the absence of the injured Harry Maguire, but failed to inspire his team. Cristiano Ronaldo cut a frustrating figure for the majority of the game as Wolves earned a well-deserved win.
Bruno Lage's visitors were proactive from the get-go and dominated Manchester United. Wolves won the battle in midfield and were only denied a goal in the first half due to David de Gea's brilliance. The Spaniard produced saves off Ruben Neves, Daniel Podence and Nelson Semedo to keep the scoreline at 0-0.
In an attempt to introduce some flair into the game, Ralf Rangnick called on Bruno Fernandes from the bench in the second half. The midfielder came closest to scoring for Manchester United as he crashed an attempt onto the woodwork shortly after the hour mark.
Wolves win at Old Trafford for the first time since 1980, almost 42 years ago 😳 https://t.co/mPn4nKrEN0
Cristiano Ronaldo then found the back of the net from a set-piece, but the Manchester United captain was rightfully adjudged offside. Romain Saiss then rattled the woodwork with his free-kick for Wolves before the visitors grabbed a late winner.
Joao Moutinho's late strike condemned Manchester United and Cristiano Ronaldo to defeat
The only goal of the game came through Cristiano Ronaldo's Portuguese counterpart Joao Moutinho. Wolves' veteran midfielder pounced on a loose clearance and fired a shot into the back of the net from the edge of the area in the 82nd minute.
The low shot fired into the far corner provided De Gea with little chance of keeping the ball out of the net.
Manchester United were awarded a free-kick on the edge of Wolves' penalty area right at the end. However, Fernandes' excellent attempt was met with an impressive save from Jose Sa. The Wolves custodian kept the effort out at full stretch and celebrated passionately with his teammates as the referee blew the full-time whistle.
🐺 José Sá screams with joy at full-time after a big save to help beat Man United https://t.co/jfqPpDVcWw
The result proved to be Wolves' first away win at Manchester United since 1980. Understandably, the defeat raised questions at Cristiano Ronaldo and company. In all fairness, the Red Devils were never really at the races as Rangnick suffered his first defeat as Manchester United boss.
Without further delay, let's take a closer look at the best reactions on Twitter as Wolves recorded a memorable win:
Ronaldo definitely not as good or even the same player he used to be. Every time he gets the ball he passes it back, he doesn’t look to take on players or even run at them anymore. I think he should just call it a day #MUNWOL
United have about as much urgency as a Tesco Express security man working a bank holiday #slow #MUNWOL
Man Utd are so dull to watch now. There aren’t any players in that team that excite the crowd when they get on the ball 😴🙄 #MUNWOL
A discussion will need to be had of how Ronaldo is hindering Greenwood's progress #MUNWOL
The fact Phil Jones can walk back in after 2 years and be one of the better players must be pretty worrying #MUNWOL
Man Utd have been insanely poor in this game. This is not gengen pressing football. This is depressing football.
#MUNWOL
This man United team is just all about individual brilliance, no team spirit.. not good enough #MUNWOL
I bet Ralf is thinking "this isn't how I instructed these clowns to play"
#MUFC #MUNWOL
Never seen a side so poor at passing. #MUNWOL #mufc
Please can we give Ronaldo back to Juventus and bring Ole back? We're playing with 10 men #MUNWOL
#MUNWOL https://t.co/KpvA6s3WsE
Neves walks into any midfield in the league #Wolves #MUNWOL
Ronaldo can’t even go and ask Harry Kane for advice on how to get out the Europe conference league group #MUNWOL
Man United is the biggest fraud in the world. OLE was never the problem after all.
#MUNWOL
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Manchester United 0 - 1 Wolves
⚽️82`Joao Moutinho
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Cristiano Ronaldo is becoming a liability to the club. A risk we can't ignore.
Manchester United in 2022.
Cristiano Ronaldo will be playing Europa soon
Mark my words😂😂🤣
Cristiano Ronaldo has never lost a club game being captain.
Nobody
That's where man united comes in https://t.co/zpUqK2mhSG
Cristiano Ronaldo is a liability and he's destroying Manchester United just like destroyed Juventus. https://t.co/oq3LWNMZeH
Absolutely thrilled that Cristiano Ronaldo will be attending Wolves training tomorrow, as he’s in Coady’s back pocket for the foreseeable future.
It’s not good. It really isn’t!
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Cristiano Ronaldo hasn’t got a chance against Ezri Konsa let’s be honest