Cristiano Ronaldo let rip at Ralf Rangnick after the Manchester United superstar was subbed off during their 3-1 win at Brentford on Wednesday.
The 36-year-old was hauled off by the Red Devils interim manager in the 71st minute, with Harry Maguire replacing him.
Ronaldo muttered to himself whilst trudging off the pitch and made his feelings clear to Rangnick once the five-time Ballon d'Or winner, returning from a brief spell on the sidelines, got to the bench.
"Why me? Why me?" Ronaldo asked Rangnick in the dugout. "Why would you take me off?"
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Speaking to the media after the game, Rangnick confirmed Ronaldo's comments.
"He [Ronaldo] said 'Why me, why did you take me off?'," Rangnick revealed.
"I said I had to take the decision for the team, for the club. Maybe in a few years when he is a coach he will understand."
The United boss was also seen explaining his decision to the frustrated striker when Marcus Rashford made it 3-0 shortly after the substitution, and he attempted to pour cold water on the situation post-match TV interview.
Speaking to BT Sport, the acclaimed German coach said: "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."
Ronaldo tweeted following the win: "Three important points! Well done, lads."
It was not only the Red Devils' No.7 whose comments made headlines, as Brentford manager Thomas Frank called United "unbelievably lucky."
"[I am] unbelievably proud of my team. We are the smallest club in the Premier League, Manchester United the biggest," Frank told BT Sport.
"We destroyed them in the first half, they didn't have a sniff, three huge chances and there could only have been one winner of this game. They are unbelievably lucky. I know all the stuff about taking chances. They changed the system against little Brentford.
"One of those nights, fair play to David de Gea, if we get those chances again one will go in the back of the net. Our intensity killed them, we showed that in the first half, we played the Brentford way.
"Of the three goals, the second is most disappointing and difficult to come back from. The way we smashed them in the first half was fantastic, so proud of my team."
And Rangnick somewhat agreed with the Dane, adding to BBC Sport : "The first half we we were second best in almost all aspects of the game, sloppy passing, missing 50-50 situations and hardly won any second balls.
"We were nervous on the counter-attack and were lucky at half-time to have a draw. A few great saves again from David de Gea and we showed a different face in the second half."
