Man United squad vs Crystal Palace revealed as Cristiano Ronaldo included

 Cristiano Ronaldo is with the Man United

 squad as they prepare to face Crystal 

Palace after appearing to sustain 

an injury against Arsenal.



Cristiano Ronaldo has been included in 


the Manchester United squad for their game


 against Crystal Palace on Sunday.



Ronaldo appeared to sustain an injury 


in his matchwinning performance against 


Arsenal on Thursday night and was replaced 


by Anthony Martial in the 88th minute.



However, Ronaldo arrived at The Lowry 


Hotel with the rest of the United squad on 


Saturday evening as they prepare for Ralf 


Rangnick's first match in charge. Nemanja


 Matic (hamstring) and Aaron Wan-


Bissaka  (hand) are back from injury.





Confirmed United squad members



David de Gea, Dean Henderson, Tom 


Heaton, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Diogo Dalot,


 Victor Lindelof, Harry Maguire, Eric Bailly, 


Phil Jones, Alex Telles, Scott McTominay, 


Nemanja Matic, Fred, Donny van de Beek, 


Bruno Fernandes, Juan Mata, Amad, Jadon 


Sancho, Marcus Rashford, Cristiano Ronaldo


, Anthony Elanga, Mason Greenwood





United first-teamers trained under Rangnick 


for the first time on Saturday, having had 


recovery sessions on Friday following the


 Arsenal win.



Rangnick first met the United players 


on Friday afternoon, having attended a 9am


 introductory press conference at Old Trafford.



The interim United manager stressed United 


had to start controlling games if they were 


to become a sustainable force again.



"I think, to gain control on games in the 


future has got to do with playing proactively


," Rangnick explained. "No matter if we have


 the ball ourselves or if the other team is in 


possession of the ball.



"It's about helping the team to play together, 


it's about togetherness, it's also about team spirit


. We saw it yesterday (against Arsenal).



"If we compare the two halves, first-half and


 second-half yesterday was completely


 different. Having these unique fans behind 


us, this will help us and help the team to 


gain confidence. You could see it in the 


second-half.



"Obviously, it's not easy, I cannot do that 


in one or two training sessions, not even in 


one or two weeks. It's not about playing


 pressing or counter-pressing for pressing 


sake, it's about control. This is the major target.



"I have watched the latest games, I watched


 not only last night's game but also the games 


against Watford and against Chelsea on TV. 


When I didn't know when I would be contacted


 in the next days I watched, out of interest,


 the games against Liverpool and Manchester


 City. I'm pretty well aware and acquainted with


 what is happening here with the club and


 in the Premier League.







''I think it's pretty obvious the team have an 


abundance of talent, young, talented players, 


but enough experienced players in the squad. 


The major target for me in the next couple 


of days and weeks is to bring more balance 


into the team.



"Yesterday, we conceded two goals, we 


needed three goals to win the game and if 


you look at the total number of goals conceded


, it is almost two on average, per game, and 


this is just too much.



"This is my approach to help the team 


to get more balance: more control of 


the game. Yesterday's game was exciting


 for the fans, but even for myself, as the future


 coach, those are not the kind of games that we 


need every day because football, for me, is to 


minimise the coincidence factor and have control


 and gain control of a game.



"This is football, what it's about. This is 


my approach and I will try to help these 


outstanding, talented players to try and keep 


away from their own goal."


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