In the immediate wake of Manchester United’s best performance for some considerable time, a lot of talk on the wireless - and some of it on TV - was about Cristiano Ronaldo’s latest strop.
About how his petulance had been an unwelcome distraction from a rare, stellar team display. About how he had done his playing colleagues and his manager a grave disservice.
Nothing could be further from the truth - Cristiano Ronaldo only did himself a disservice. In fact, when Ronaldo skulked away, it was Erik ten Hag’s finest moment as Manchester United manager.
