Furious Cristiano Ronaldo storms off pitch and throws coat on floor after being subbed by Ralf Rangnick vs Brentford

CRISTIANO RONALDO stormed off and threw his coat to the floor after Ralf Rangnick hauled him off at Brentford.

The sulking superstar put his hands on his hips and trudged away after being replaced with 20 minutes to play on Wednesday night.

Ronaldo was furious when he was the victim of a double change from interim boss Rangnick - despite it being his first game after injury.

The German boss tried to hug the Portugal legend as he went off but Ron had his arms wide open by his side and looked straight ahead.

Ronaldo then went and took a seat on the steps near the dugout rather than on the bench.

Rangnick later went over to have a had a word in the icon's ear.

The former Real Madrid and Juventus frontman listened seriously and appeared to cool down as he watched United see out a comfortable victory that had looked unlikely after a flat first 45 minutes.

And Rangnick insisted he had no problem with Ronaldo's reaction after the game.

He told BT Sport: "That is normal - a striker wants to score.

"But he has come back from a little injury and it was important to remember we have got another game coming up.

"Also after what happened at Villa Park, we had to defend the lead this time and it was important that we went back to a back five and while we didn't keep the clean sheet it was important to make sure nothing else happened."

United had turned round a dire first-half to dominate.

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And after the match Ron calmed the situation further by posting: "3 important points! well done lads."

Anthony Elanga and Mason Greenwood struck fine goals soon after the break to put United in command.

Then Rangnick hauled off frontmen Ronaldo and Greenwood with centre-back Maguire and England attacker Rashford coming on.

And it was the latter who soon buried United's third.

Ivan Toney hit Brentford's late reply - ruining Rangnick's hopes of a clean sheet.

But despite United's storming transformation after the interval much of the social media focus afterwards was on Ronaldo.

Some fans felt, at 36, he should be setting his younger team-mates a better example.

And others suggested Rangnick was whispering to Ron that no player - not even the five-time Ballon d'Or winner - is bigger than the club.

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