Manchester United Legend, Rio Ferdinand has reacted to the Changes Coach Ole Gunnar Solskjær made ahead of United's clash against Everton.

Cristiano Ronaldo was left on the Bench while Anthony Martial was introduced into the team, pairing up with Edison Cavani in the attack.

Manchester United XI vs Everton confirmed

XI | De Gea, Wan-Bissaka, Varane, Lindelof, Shaw, McTominay, Fred, Fernandes, Greenwood, Cavani, Martial.

SUBS | Henderson, Bailly, Telles, Lingard, Matic, van de Beek, Pogba, Ronaldo, Sancho.

Coach Ole Gunnar Solskjær's Decision to drop Cristiano Ronaldo Despite being in tremendous form hasn't gone down well with a lot of people who have Criticized the Coach's Decision.

Rio Ferdinand reacting to the Starting Line-up explained that Although it was necessary to rest Players like Cristiano Ronaldo Considering his Age but looking at the fact that the international Break is coming up next, then Ronaldo can get the rest when on international duty with Portugal.
"I think you rest Ronaldo at times, he’d expect to be rested at his age – 36," Ferdinand told BT Sport ahead of kick-off.

"But you’ve got international games coming up after this, one of them is a friendly against Qatar, he doesn’t need to play in that, he can probably rest there and they’ve got Luxembourg after that as a qualifier."

"But he’s bringing in Cavani, he’s not bringing in somebody who’s sub-standard, he’s bringing in someone who got goals last season – a fantastic player, a leader as well in this team."

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The Legendary defender also went on to the Pin-point the main Surprising decision which the Norwegian Gaffer made. 

"More surprising for me, I have to be honest, is Martial coming in instead of someone like Lingard. Yeah, he’s resting, he’s shuffling the pack with Sancho but I think Lingard deserves a start."

"If he’s not aggrieved that he’s not starting after what he’s been producing as an impact player, I’d be surprised."