Cristiano Ronaldo blanked Jamie Carragher to 'HUMILIATE him', insists Rio Ferdinand

Rio Ferdinand believes Cristiano Ronaldo intentionally ignored Jamie Carragher before Manchester United's clash with Liverpool. 

The 37-year-old Portuguese star gatecrashed the Sky Sports pundits pitchside and elected to ignore Carragher.

Ronaldo, who was named among the substitutes for the important bottom half clash, instead came across to speak to former teammates Gary Neville and Roy Keane before continuing his warm up. 

Cristiano Ronaldo came and spoke to Roy Keane and Gary Neville but ignored Jamie Carragher

Moments earlier, Carragher suggested United could be better off without Ronaldo and Ferdinand believes the five-time Ballon d'Or winner wanted to make a point by 'humiliating' the former Liverpool defender. 

‘Knowing Cristiano Ronaldo, Jamie Carragher’s been very vocal about Cristiano Ronaldo being the problem and stuff like that,' Ferdinand said speaking on FIVE. 

‘Trust me, Cristiano would’ve seen those comments and would’ve been thinking walking over there I’ll just let this guy know with a little… he needs to kind of calm him down, humiliate him and show him up, whatever way you want to dress it up live on TV.

Former Man United defender Rio Ferdinand says Ronaldo ignored Carragher to 'humiliate' him

‘Cristiano is very calculated, he’s very aware of what’s going on, he’s not somebody who sits at home and switches off.'

Ferdinand also claimed Ronaldo is aware of everything that is said about him in the media. He added: ‘I’ve always said this, he uses social media and people’s comments as fuel to drive him on to be the best he’s done that since he was a young kid.

‘Anyone who spoke bad about him in the media he knew about it. He mentioned Gary Lineker to me once about stuff because Gary Lineker is a massive Messi fan.

Ronaldo endured a frustrating night as he was benched before coming on after 86 minutes

‘I was thinking bro you’re not even in this country how are you seeing the footage. He knows everything.

‘For Jamie Carragher to continually call him out, he’s got a right to his own opinion Jamie, but Cristiano will take that personally.

‘He’s an emotional guy and he’ll show that his actions were no surprise to me. I find it funny, I find it hilarious to be honest.’

Despite's United's 2-1 win, Ronaldo had an afternoon to forget, having been benched for Anthony Elanga before entering the pitch with just four minutes remaining of the match.

Jamie Carragher poked fun at himself after he was ignored by Cristiano Ronaldo on Monday

The former Liverpool summed up his 'bad night' after being ignored by his 'good mate' Ronaldo

Meanwhile, Carragher poked fun at himself as he tweeted: 'Bad night from start to finish! blanked by my good mate Ronaldo, Man Utd showing fight & quality & Liverpool all over the place!!'

He then went on to say his view about Ronaldo's move to United was right all along. 'I get a custard pie for getting it right on Ronaldo from day one!,' the 44-year-old wrote.

'The custard pie for him from ETH shows the Manager thinks the same!! Maybe the ex Man United Legends (sycophants!) will now agree with me'.