Portugal coach Fernando Santos insists his relationship with Manchester United striker Cristiano Ronaldo remains rock solid.

There were claims of the pair having cross words at the end of Portugal's World Cup qualifying defeat to Serbia earlier this week. However, this has since been rubbished, with Ronaldo complaining about being denied a goal against the Serbs.

This morning, Santos said: "We have total trust. Before and after, total trust.

"It doesn't make sense. When the game ended, the disappointment was brutal. If it was for the Portuguese, imagine for the players and staff. The players were on the ground. I went to the field to support and comfort the players, he was telling a Serbia player: 'You wouldn't be laughing if the goal I scored there hadn't been disallowed'."