{"id":8575,"date":"2022-02-06T09:01:09","date_gmt":"2022-02-06T14:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/02\/06\/what-cristiano-ronaldo-needs-to-do-against-burnley-to-avoid-matching-unwanted-record\/"},"modified":"2022-02-06T09:01:09","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T14:01:09","slug":"what-cristiano-ronaldo-needs-to-do-against-burnley-to-avoid-matching-unwanted-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/02\/06\/what-cristiano-ronaldo-needs-to-do-against-burnley-to-avoid-matching-unwanted-record\/","title":{"rendered":"What Cristiano Ronaldo needs to do against Burnley to avoid matching unwanted record"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Cristiano Ronaldo broke character somewhat by missing a first-half penalty against Middlesbrough, an event that went on to have massive consequences as the Red Devils were sent packing on penalties by Chris Wilder\u2019s side in front of a silent Old Trafford.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Cristiano?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Cristiano<\/a> puts his penalty wide!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EmiratesFACup?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EmiratesFACup<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AwLpf9V3cK\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/AwLpf9V3cK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Emirates FA Cup (@EmiratesFACup) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EmiratesFACup\/status\/1489696696829300738?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In doing so, the Portugal star made it four consecutive club games without a goal. Now, with a trip to Turf Moor on Tuesday against a potentially tricky Burnley side, Ronaldo will have to find the back of the net in order to avoid equalling his worst goalscoring drought at club level since 2010.<\/p>\n<p>Last time, while at Real Madrid, a 25-year-old Ronaldo failed to score against Malaga on the final day of the 2009-10 season, before drawing blanks against Mallorca, Osasuna, Sociedad and Ajax in the opening four games of the next campaign.<\/p>\n<p>With just 2 goals in his last eight games for the Red Devils, there is no guarantee that he will be handed a start against Sean Dyche\u2019s side, with Edinson Cavani due to be back in the fold. Knowing the fierce competitor that Ronaldo is, however, he will no doubt be aware of his situation, and be desperate to turn it around.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1656183\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1656183\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1656183\" src=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1368667775-1024x646.jpg\" alt=\"What Cristiano Ronaldo needs to do against Burnley to avoid matching unwanted record\" width=\"1024\" height=\"646\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1368667775-1024x646.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1368667775-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1368667775-768x485.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1368667775-1536x970.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1368667775-2048x1293.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1368667775-910x574.jpg 910w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1656183\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MANCHESTER, ENGLAND \u2013 FEBRUARY 04: Cristiano Ronaldo of Manchester United reacts during the Emirates FA Cup Fourth Round match between Manchester United and Middlesbrough at Old Trafford on February 04, 2022 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Alex Livesey\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>What do United do in the summer?<\/h2>\n<p>Given Ronaldo\u2019s competitive spirit, there is little chance that he will settle for a role on the bench for Manchester United, yet come the summer the 37 year old could be the only striker left at the club, with Edinson Cavani set to depart and Anthony Martial\u2019s future looking increasingly unlikely to lie at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n<p>Reports have linked the club with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/manchester-united-handed-boost-as-real-madrid-pull-out-of-erling-haaland-move\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Erling Haaland<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/arsenal-dealt-transfer-blow-as-premier-league-pair-join-alexander-isak-pursuit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alexander Isak<\/a>, but should they bring another expensive forward in, it may upset their current number 7.<\/p>\n<h3>Read more:<\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/football-betting-tips\/match-previews\/football-predictions\/senegal-vs-egypt-betting-tips-africa-cup-of-nations-final-preview\/\" rel=\"v:url\">Senegal vs Egypt betting tips: Africa Cup of Nations Final preview, predictions and odds<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/as-xavi-speaks-out-ronald-araujos-stance-on-barcelona-contract-renewal-revealed\/\" rel=\"v:url\">As Xavi speaks out, Ronald Araujo\u2019s stance on Barcelona contract renewal revealed<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cristiano Ronaldo broke character somewhat by missing a first-half penalty against Middlesbrough, an event that went on to have massive consequences as the Red Devils were sent packing on penalties by Chris Wilder\u2019s side in front of a silent Old Trafford. ? @Cristiano puts his penalty wide!#EmiratesFACup pic.twitter.com\/AwLpf9V3cK \u2014 Emirates FA Cup (@EmiratesFACup) February 4, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-8575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8575\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}