Cristiano Ronaldo felt the wrath of furious Roy Keane but had a perfect response to the X-rated explosion

Cristiano Ronaldo is the only player Roy Keane wouldn't criticize, except when he was his teammate.

The couple played together manchester united between 2003 and 2006, winning an FA Cup together in a star-studded team.

That three-year career was not the most trophy-laden, given what happened before and after under Alex Ferguson, and on one particular occasion, Keane took out his frustration on the young Portuguese.

In a match against Southampton in 2003, a Pablo Scholes The shot was deflected by Ronaldo, alone in the area, and all he had to do was take a corner.

However, he opted for a spectacular style strike and the ball went over the bar, with Ronaldo falling to the ground in embarrassment.

Keane, at his terrifying best, could then be seen shouting at his team-mate: “Put it in the bloody net, you bloody bitch.” *!”

Ronaldo would later respond perfectly by scoring a match-ending third goal in a 3-0 win to secure the points, but he was clearly still in shock from his reprimand, with Fernando River telling him to smile after learning a valuable lesson.

Keane would leave Old Trafford as a club legend, and with the hype out of the window, Ronaldo would score a whopping 42 goals in the 2007/08 season to claim his first Champions League and first Ballon d'Or.

He left the club himself in 2009 in a world record £88 million transfer to real MadridUnited fans watched as Ronaldo became a great footballer and the top scorer ever seen in a game.

Dreaming of having him back one day, they finally got their wish in 2021 when he re-signed Juventus And like the fans, Keane was excited.

Ronaldo started strongly, scoring twice against Newcastle on his second debut and adding a series of dramatic goals to keep United in the Champions League.

Despite some glorious moments, things quickly went wrong. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was on the brink and finally left in November, while his replacements, Ralf Rangnick and Erik ten Hag He got into a fight with the superstar striker.

Ronaldo confronted both them and the club, and when the media gradually turned against him, things became very uncomfortable.

Gary Neville In particular, he experienced that when Ronaldo made it a point to leave him blank before a match against West Ham in October 2022, greeting him. Luis Saha and even Jamie Redknapp before ignoring Neville.

Asked later about the behind-the-scenes incident, Neville commented: “It tells us something, it means he's watched us. “I think if I had five million followers on Instagram, I wouldn't give a damn about Gary Neville.”

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Keane, however, remained quiet throughout, as he has clearly earned a lot of respect for Ronaldo in the years since his 2003 outburst.