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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Josh O'Brien

Cristiano Ronaldo defended over goal drought as "worst" Man Utd duo branded "dummies"

Cristiano Ronaldo is not to blame for Manchester United's recent struggles and in fact the responsibility lies with some of his teammates.

That is the view of former Liverpool and Aston Villa striker Dean Saunders amid Ronaldo's longest goalscoring drought since 2010 when he was a Real Madrid player.

Ronaldo remains United's talismanic centre-forward but has found goals hard to come by as of late and has not scored in his last five games.

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