Cristiano Ronaldo Isn't Playing In The Manchester City Vs Manchester United Match?

Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo. (Instagram/@cristiano)

JAKARTA - The news is overshadowing Manchester United ahead of the match against Manchester City in the English Premier League, Sunday, March 6. Cristiano Ronaldo is reportedly not going to appear for Manchester United in the match that took place at the Etihad Stadium.

A total of 21 players have come and stayed at the Lowry Hotel, Manchester. They are preparing for the emotional derby.

However, Ronaldo is reportedly yet to join the squad at the Lowry Hotel. This indicates that the Portuguese player will not appear.

It is not known for sure what caused the player who is familiarly called CR7 to be seen at the Lowry Hotel. Even though he is a player who is quite sharp on the front lines of MU at this time.

Not only Ronaldo, but Edinson Cavani is also reportedly absent in this match. The Uruguayan has also not joined the squad.

Cavani is doubtful to appear because he has just recovered from injury. Although he has started training with the first team, the former Paris Saint-Germain player is believed to be not 100 percent fit.

In the absence of Ronaldo and Cavani, United manager Ralf Rangnick will rely on Marcus Rashford to find the net for their "city brothers". Then there's Jadon Sancho.

Rangnick said, there is one thing that can bring his team to beat Man City, namely playing compact as a team.

"We have to be compact as much as possible. We have to play better as a team," said the man from Germany, as quoted by Mirror.