Nemanja Vidic believes Manchester United team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo has improved this season.
Defender feels winger has stepped up on last season's exploits
Nemanja Vidic believes Manchester United team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo has improved this season.
The current Footballer of the Year scored 23 goals in 53 appearances last term, but is already only one behind that tally this time around.
Vidic feels the winger was under pressure to improve again and is happy to see the Portuguese has risen to the challenge.
"We are very strong with him [in our side]," Vidic told
MUTV. "Last season was a great season for him, he scored so many goals.
"He was under big pressure to improve again this season and, up to now, he has played great in the games and in training.
"Every game you need to improve at this club. Everybody has sides to their game that they can improve and he has tried to fix his in training."
Foundation
Meanwhile, United's stand-in captain Ryan Giggs is expecting an open game when the champions head to Reading at the weekend.
Giggs said: "Reading are a team that won't just sit back and defend. They will go out and try to score goals, so hopefully it will be an open game.
"The way our defence is playing at the moment is helping us. We have had so many clean sheets this season and you need that foundation to go out and play with flair."
