Ralf Rangnick praise Mason Greenwood’s talent as he speaks on his line up against Young Boys.
Manchester United manager Ralf Rangnick has praise youngster Mason Greenwood for his incredible talent.
United hosted Young boys in the last match of the Champions League but it ended in draw despite scoring first.
The academy graduate scored for the Reds in the Champions League against Young boys.
Rangnick on Greenwood.
“He also showed, not only with the beautiful goal, also the way that he set up the opportunity for Juan Mata. That was brilliant. He is a massive talent. Right foot, left foot, good on the ball, also the way he set up the goal for Fred on Sunday.
“But still, it is about continuity. He has to develop physically, but technically for his age he is a great player, and my job is to develop him and make an athlete out of him and if he manages to do that, he can become a regular player for this club.”
Speaking to the club media on their performance he stated that he need not to be strict as the players have not played together before.
Rangnick on performance.
Rangnick added that they created lots of chances in the match and would have been 2-0 up but they made mistakes.
“We shouldn’t be too strict. I was fully aware with this formation and line-up, the players haven’t played together like this. I think the first half-hour was okay, we scored a beautiful goal, we had another two great opportunities. Juan Mata should have scored actually and the same with Amad.
“At that time, we should have been 2-0, if not 3-0 up and then we made the mistake to get less proactive. We were too deep, we sent several pressing invitations including the goal we conceded. In the second half, it could have been in the end 4-4, we had another great opportunity by Anthony Elanga, who was one-on-one with the goalkeeper, but they also had quite a few opportunities.
“It was a bit erratic in the second half, but I still believe it was the right decision to give some of those young players the opportunity to play. Tom Heaton made his debut for Manchester United. Also, for quite a few of the experienced players, it was important to get game-time.”
The German pick up a different line up in the champions league as the likes of star players Fernandes and Ronaldo were absent in the game.
Rangnick stated that he picked up the line up to give rest to players that played on Sunday and also give game time to other players.
“I wanted to give game time to the players who played today and see them in a competitive level. And on the other hand, rest the others who played on Sunday. We had a long training session with those players today and we will have two more normal training sessions with them in order to prepare them for the Norwich game tomorrow and on Friday.”
Sportscliffs understands that right back Aaron Wan Bissaka sustained an injury in the last minute of the game as the manager believes he should be available for Saturday’s game.
“He got two knocks again – one on his wrist and one on his knee – so he’s been dealt with in the locker room. We have to wait and see how he feels tomorrow (Thursday) but hopefully there will be nothing broken so I very much hope that he will be available for Saturday.”
Speaking about the potential opponents to face in the last 16 round the interim manager said he do not expect an easy opponent in the champions league.
He added that their focus is now on Norwich as it is an important game for them and hope to get more points in upcoming games.
“It’s the Champions League so you can’t expect to get an easy opponent, so we will wait and see. I think the draw is on Monday. For us, our focus is now on Norwich, an important game. Then Tuesday at Brentford, then Brighton at home, those are the games where our full focus should be and hopefully [we’ll] get as many points as possible.”
