Gary Neville believes that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer must 'compensate' for Cristiano Ronaldo's weaknesses if Manchester United are to challenge for the title, as the pundit called on the Norwegian to find the right 'balance'.
Expectations at United have skyrocketed following the 36-year-old's sensational £19.8million return to Old Trafford this summer, with fans hopeful that his relentless goalscoring record can propel the club to the Premier League title.
While Ronaldo has hit the ground running with five goals in seven games, United have often looked lacklustre and entered the international break taking just one point from home games against Aston Villa and Everton.
Gary Neville says that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer must find a solution to 'compensate' for Ronaldo
The 36-year-old has made a flying start to life back at United, scoring five goals in seven games
And Neville, who maintains that United were correct to bring Ronaldo back to the club, says that Solskjaer must find the right 'balance' to 'compensate' for Ronaldo's lack of pressing from the front and take a leaf out of Sir Alex Ferguson's book.
'They had to do the deal, the club had to do the deal, Ole had to do the deal,' he said on "Sky Bet's The Overlap Fan Debate. 'With it comes big positives, but with it also comes problems.
'Ronaldo had to be managed, shall we say, in the 2008 Barcelona semi-final, away from home, Cristiano Ronaldo was shoved up front on his own, [Wayne] Rooney and Ji-Sung Park were shoved wide and [Carlos] Tevez was brought back onto [Sergio] Busquets. Because you couldn’t carry him in the big games because generally he doesn’t work hard enough.
However, United have offered lacklustre displays and have won one point from two games
Neville says that United boss Solskjaer must find the right 'balance' in his United side
'He is playing up front there now, you are never going to press from the front. The idea that Manchester United are going to be a pressing team is never going to
