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Nicol: Ronaldo showed his age vs. Real Sociedad (1:03)

Steve Nicol spoke about the performance of the Man United player. There is a time and a place for this.

2:29 PM AST

A lack of game time could lead to the departure of the Manchester United player in the January transfer window, but ten Hag insists that is not the case.

In United's heavy defeat against Man City on Sunday, there was no substitution forRonaldo. Ten Hag said he didn't want to bring onRonaldo out of respect for his career.

When he doesn't play, Ten Hag is upset, but there is good spirit.

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"I don't bring him on out of respect, it's nothing to do with what's happening in the future," Ten Hag said. He's happy, he's training well, and he's enjoying it. There is a good spirit in the group.

He wasn't happy that he wasn't playing on Sunday.

He's happy when he's around. He wants to play, but he's angry when he doesn't.

Ten Hag thanked City for teaching his team a lesson.

At the end of the day, United lost 6-3 at the city's stadium.

Ten Hag said the result was a reality check and he expects a response when the squad travels to Cyprus to face Omonia FC.

We get a reality check with Manchester City when you beat them. We know we have to do something. Thank you for the lesson and we have to understand. You will have setbacks when you are in a process.

On Sunday we had a bad day at the office and we lost. We have to accept that, but not our performance. That wasn't right.

The squad that will travel to Cyprus for Thursday's match is expected to includeRonaldo.

They were all absent from training and will not be able to go.