Cristiano Ronaldo has admitted that he has
accepted his Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson's recent
criticism of him.
The United boss publically condemned the Portuguese ace after he
twice gave the ball away in two different games against Aston Villa
and Porto to damaging consequences.
On both occasions United were punished as the two teams broke
away to score with Ronaldo preferring to loosely claim for a foul
rather than try and atone for his error and track back.
The Scot indicated that he had also had a quiet word with the
current World Player of the Year over his petulant appeals for
free-kicks and it seems the winger has taken note.
Ronaldo was the match-winner as the holders knocked out Porto at
Estadio do Dragao 1-0 in their midweek UEFA Champions League
quarter-final tie thanks to a blistering 40-yard strike from the
former Sporting Lisbon ace.
"It is not a problem," Ronaldo, who started United's 2-1 win
over Sunderland on Saturday on the bench, said.
"I always respect the manager and coaches because I want to
learn. If he says that, it is because he thinks it is true.
"But I think I have been playing well and I have
scored a few important goals."
The Portugal international firmly believes that United can use
Wednesday's performance to kick-start their bid to better last
season's trophy haul.
"We have an opportunity to win everything and we are very
confident that we can," he added.
"We did not play fantastic in the last five or six games but we
expect the next ones will be better because of what we did last
night."