“Marcus did as a nine and from the wing, he played like Christian Eriksen, a pressing game, he transferred really good, but we expect from him a way of playing as a striker to be the goal, drop in, play over, linking, arriving within the box and scoring goals.
“I’m really joyful along with his performance, it shows his development and room for improvement, but he’s got such great capabilities, I’m joyful with him within the team.”
Ronaldo’s 32 minutes against Arsenal was essentially the most he has managed since playing the whole thing of United’s 4-0 defeat to Brentford in August, as Ten Hag has previously claimed the 37-year-old continues to be getting as much as full fitness after missing almost the whole thing of the Red Devils’ pre-season.
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