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A smiling and relaxed Rafa Benitez, cracking wise, talks to BT Sport. “It is not easy to win here. They have very good players, the atmosphere is great. We have to be at our best to have a chance. Anthony Gordon is a nice lad, a good trainer, he is very competitive and mentally he is ready. Hopefully he can do well and you can ask him after the game ‘Man of the match, what do you think?’ Everyone was expecting Ronaldo would play but they still have a very strong team.”
The BT Sport collective are acting as if the resting of Ronaldo is the most shocking Premier League moment since Eric Cantona nipped over the barriers for a full and frank exchange of philosophical positions with that Crystal Palace fan. The decision will no doubt be fully processed and critiqued with the benefit of hindsight, you know how things go, but right now it seems fair enough: the guy is 36 and was running on fumes towards the end of the Villarreal match, just 62 hours ago, sheer will forcing in that dramatic winner. He deserves a chance to put his trotters up. In any case, there’s still a fair chance he’ll come on, snatch another late winner, and race off towards the Stretford End again with the old pecs on display. Rule nothing out with Ronaldo.
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