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25th October 2022
04:32pm BST
Ten Hag moved swiftly to punish the 37-year-old by making him train away from the first team and dropped him from the squad for their 1-1 draw against Chelsea.
Now new footage has emerged of the pair in discussion on the bench where Ronaldo appears to be making a finger-wagging gesture.
After the brief debate, the Portugal international can be seen leaving his seat to stand at the dugout before speaking to Casemiro and Jadon Sancho and then proceeding to make his way down the tunnel.
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The forward's reaction has been met with differing opinions from Peter Schmeichel describing Ronaldo's actions as an 'unwanted distraction' whereas Roy Keane and Rio Ferdinand have strongly defended their former teammate.
During a heated post-match debate with Gary Neville, he said: "He’s walked down the tunnel... I think players have done a lot worse things at Manchester United, it happens, it’s human nature.
"I still think Ronaldo’s behaviour over the last week... I’d be more worried if Ronaldo was sitting on the bench every week laughing his head off and not caring."
Ronaldo has since returned to training with the first team and is reportedly in contention to face Sheriff Tiraspol in the Europa League on Thursday.
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