Darren Bent has hailed Cristiano Ronaldo’s mindset after the Portugal captain required his Manchester United colleagues defend 3rd position in the Premier League rather of simply aiming to complete in the leading 4.

Ronaldo believes Manchester United can still make it to the leading three in the Premier League table despite the Red Devils being in seventh after their recent 1-0 defeat to Wolves.

Ralf Rangnick’s side are 6 points behind fourth-placed West Ham, while the space to Liverpool in third is even larger at 11

But Ronaldo is demanding more from United who are currently underperforming and Bent praised the former Real Madrid and Juventus star.

“I like his mentality, I really like it,” he informed talkSPORT.

“You discuss someone who’s won the outright lot, individual accolades, group distinctions, the biggest trophies there are to win.

“The truth that he’s not delighted with them contending for the leading 4, I like that.

“They’ve got no opportunity, in my viewpoint, of entering into that leading 3,” Bent stated.

“They’re definitely miles far from catching the similarity Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester City, the gap’s big.

“But I like it, and I think players in the dressing room listening to somebody of that stature talk, it will call bells in their ears, believing ‘maybe we are underachieving’.”

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