Leeds fullback Luke Ayling eager to test himself against Ronaldo

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20 Feb 2022 • 8:15 PM MYT
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Leeds fullback Luke Ayling is confident of taking the game to Manchester United today.

United ran out 5-1 winners at Old Trafford earlier this season with Ayling equalising for Marcelo Bielsa's side early in the second-half.

Cristiano Ronaldo wasn't part of the Manchester United side that day, but the Whites defender is looking forward to doing battle with the Portuguese star.

"He's one of the greatest players to ever play the game; of course it's great to be on the same pitch as someone like that," he told Sky Sports.

"Everyone's watched him for years, it'll be nice to get on the same pitch as him and hopefully do well against him.

"The game at Old Trafford was a weird one. We felt like we stayed in it first half, stayed alright, went in at 1-0 down and got it back to 1-1, then there was just a mad five minutes where they scored three goals and it was 4-1 before we knew it.

"We take a lot of heart from what we did against them at our place, I thought we did really well, and got a 0-0 draw, we coped with them really well.

"We knew the second year of being in the Premier League would be tough. We were still riding the wave of promotion the first year, we started well, and it kind of just carried on. But going into the second season, you've seen it loads of times before, you know it's going to be a tricky season.

"It hasn't helped that we've had so many injuries along the way, and it feels like once we get two or three back, then four get injured. It's been a hard season like that, but we keep plugging away and trying to get points to climb the table."


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