Dimitar Berbatov doesn't believe Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has lost the Manchester United dressing room, but reckons Cristiano Ronaldo would have had a few choice words after their 5-0 thrashing by Liverpool.
The Norwegian's position at the club is under immense pressure as United considered sacking him following Sunday's rout led by Mohamed Salah.
There are reports that the United players are not playing for Solskjaer anymore, but the Old Trafford hierarchy have given him time to turn the tables as he takes charge of this weekend's clash against Tottenham.
It was also claimed ahead of kick-off that Ronaldo intervened in Solskjaer's half-time team talk against Atalanta as Man Utd were losing 2-0, suggesting all is not well in the dressing room.
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And Berbatov, who played alongside Ronaldo during his first spell at the club, wouldn't be surprised if there was another outburst following Sunday's result.
He told Betfair: "When you watch the game back you can see the frustration from Ronaldo, he was angry, desperate and disappointed with everything that was going on, he didn't expect a thrashing. I bet he had a lot to say at half time and after the game.
"When you have players of Ronaldo's stature in the team, they can have an honest conversation, and I hope they did, and strong words if they have to. Sometimes the manager will step back, and leave the players to talk it out, say what they want to each other so they can be free, and sometimes the manager may also get involved. In this case.
I hope that Ole has shown them his disappointment and anger because at the end of the day he's the boss and he is taking the blame at the end of the day. He needs to be really strong with them.
"Sometimes, the team can have crisis talk, only the players coming together in the dressing room to have a chat, I remember we used to do that back in the day with Gary Neville, Giggsy, Scholsey, Rooney and Rio would initiate talks like this in the dressing room, we would sit and chat and talk through problems.
"We would also talk after training or even when we were on the bikes doing a recovery session, we always used to speak about things and I'm sure they still do.
"I still think the majority of the players at United still believe in Ole, the respect is too much. When the manager is an ex-footballer and a legend, they have that respect and trust from the players. Only up to a certain point though, and if you lose that respect it's hard to get back but I still think Ole has a bit more until he reaches that point."
