​Manchester United's record goalscorer and current Everton forward Wayne Rooney has revealed that he sacrificed quite a lot of aspects about his own game so that former teammate Cristiano Ronaldo could go on and excel at Manchester United.





Rooney was the guest pundit on Sky Sports' Monday Night Football and spoke in detail about Ronaldo. The duo played together at United for five seasons, winning three Premier League titles and a UEFA Champions League.





The former England captain hailed Ronaldo as he said, "If you've got Cristiano Ronaldo in your team, you don't take away from him what he's best - and that's being fresh and being ready when win the ball getting to score you a goal."





Rooney continued, "If you're asking Cristiano Ronaldo to chase full-backs and run back in you're taking a lot away from his game."





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Rooney was also asked whether it did take some aspects out of his own game to which he replied, "It probably does [take a lot from Rooney's game], but at the time he was the more dangerous player and he's the one who's going to produce that magic which is going to win us games. As a I said before we're a team you didn't mind doing that."





Revealing why he made the compromise, the 32-year-old Everton forward said, "We had a good compromise because me and Tevez would do a lot more work defensively than Cristiano."





Rooney concluded by stating, "But with Cristiano, you knew he would win us those big games with the big moments. With any other player, you probably wouldn't but with Cristiano, he was that good you had to accommodate him. I would gladly do that for him to score big goals and help us win trophies."