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Shaw has returned to the fold in recent weeks though and he has played the full 90 minutes in Man Utd‘s last three Premier League games.

Asked if he refused to come on as a substitute against Spurs, Ten Hag said: “Yes.

Condemning CR7’s behaviour, Shearer wrote in his column for The Athletic: ‘From the outset, I should say that Cristiano Ronaldo’s recent behaviour is totally unacceptable. Showing respect to your team-mates, your manager and your club’s supporters are amongst the fundamentals in football and to refuse to come on as a substitute, as Erik ten Hag has confirmed, and retreat to the dressing room with a game still in progress takes a flamethrower to one of the primary dressing room codes.

In response, Ronaldo blamed the ‘heat of the moment’ in a statement released on social media.

“If you look at how we performed at the weekend I wanted to build on that but got the opposite. We were second best in the first half and were lucky to still be in the game,” Gerrard said.

And Agbonlahor, Villa’s all-time leading Premier League goalscorer, said that although he was desperate for Gerrard to be a success at Villa Park, he concedes that the owners were left with little option but to show him the door after a “shambles” of a performance.

Conte’s side only managed two shots on target and struggled to deal with United’s press.

The travelling fans vented their fury at the end of a seventh winless game with some even chanting former manager Marcelo Bielsa’s name, forcing Marsch to defend himself.

A move for Gakpo was considered if they were unable to sign Antony from Ajax. United ended up going all in to sign the latter as the deal for him could end up being worth around £85m.

Arsenal‘s inexperience was exposed at the end of last season as they narrowly missed out on a spot in the Champions League.