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– Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo has backed interim boss Ralf Rangnick to do a good job at the Premier League club but said the German needs time to bed in his ideas and improve the team’s performances.
– Rangnick was appointed until the end of the season following the sacking of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in November after a poor run of results and the 63-year-old has faced questions from the media about players being unhappy with his methods.
– “Since he arrived he changed many things,” Ronaldo told Sky Sports. “But he needs time to put his ideas across to the players. I believe he’s going to do a good job. We know we aren’t playing the best but we have many games to improve.
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– “Since he arrived I think in some points we’re better … It isn’t that easy to change the mentality of players and the way they play, the culture, the system like that.”
– United suffered their first defeat under Rangnick in last week’s 1-0 loss to Wolverhampton Wanderers and sit seventh in the league with 31 points at the halfway stage of the season.
– “I don’t accept that our mentality be less than being in the top three in the Premier League,” Ronaldo said.
– “I think to build up good things, sometimes you have to destroy a few things. So why not — new year, new life and I hope United can be the level fans want. They deserve that.
– “We’re capable of changing things now. I know the way but I’m not going to mention it here because I don’t think it’s ethical on my part to say that. What I can say is we can do better all of us. I’m here to try to win, compete.”
