Atalanta boss Gasperini told Ronaldo to ‘go to hell’

Atalanta boss Gian Piero Gasperini has revealed the details of his chat with Cristiano Ronaldo after the Manchester United superstar’s late Champions League heroics.

Ronaldo scored a brace, including an injury-time equaliser to help United to a 2-2 draw against Atalanta on Tuesday.

Gasperini was seen speaking with the great Portuguese on the pitch following his stoppage-time equaliser, and divulged what he said to the forward in a post-match interview.

“At the end of the match, I spoke with Ronaldo,” The Atalanta head coach told Sky Italia. “He’s an incredible player, some even call him a problem.

“That’s a nice problem to have. He rarely gets it off target; half the time he scores, half the time it is saved.

“I told him, ‘You know what we say in Italy? Go to hell’.”

Ronaldo has scored in all his side’s group games this season, netting late winners against Villarreal and at home to Atalanta, before his double at the Gewiss Stadium.

It was his 127th goal in 303 games in all competitions for Manchester United and he becomes the oldest player to score two or more in one game for the club in European competition