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Daniel Murphy

Six Manchester United players are ‘thriving’ without Cristiano Ronaldo

Christian Eriksen, Bruno Fernandes, Scott McTominay, Antony, Jadon Sancho and Marcus Rashford are all benefitting from a lack of Cristiano Ronaldo in the starting XI.

That's according to Gabriel Agbonlahor, who believes Manchester United are a good bet to finish in the top four this season going off their recent form. Erik ten Hag couldn't have feared a worse start to his reign in charge at Old Trafford as his first two matches resulted in defeats to Brighton and Brentford.

Ronaldo started in the 4-0 hammering in London but hasn't done so in the four league games since, which has seen United turn things around. They have picked up four successive victories - including wins over Liverpool and Arsenal - and Agbonglahor believes that dropping Ronaldo is a big reason for the uplift in results.

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