Ronaldo scored an injury time goal to give Manchester United a 2-1 home victory against his former club Sporting Lisbon. Ronaldo scored the only goal of the match when the team met in September.
Video of Ronaldo’s injury time goal… a superb freekick…
Ronaldo struck the net twice to give Manchester United a 2-0 victory against visiting Blackburn.
Ronaldo has been quiet in recent weeks; the combination of Carlos Tevez and Wayne Rooney up front has been making the headlines. Rooney in particular was in superb form, and United fans were probably a bit worried when they knew that the England striker was not starting the game because of a twisted ankle.
Their worries were compounded as Blackburn started the game very well… they came close in scoring twice (one of it hit the top bar) as United were lacking a bit of momentum at the beginning.
The mood of the game changed completely in 2 minutes of madness as Ronaldo scored twice in quick succession. The first goal came in 33rd minute when he rose above everyone else to head in a Ryan Gigg’s corner. The 2nd goal was just a minute and a half later when Ronaldo combined with Louis Saha and Tevez in a lighting counter attack and scored his 2nd.
Blackburn managed to regroup their team and continued to play well; but their hope of getting back to the match was dashed when David Dunne was sent off early in the 2nd half.
Manchester United went on top of the table, at least for a day as Arsenal will be playing on Monday against Reading.
Ronaldo (and MU) must had thought that his goal had secured all 3 points for Manchester United at the clash of the season so far against league leader Arsenal, but William Gallas spoiled United’s celebration with an injury time equalizer.
Both teams are level on points, before or after the match. Arsenal is on top with better goal advantage, and with a game in hand.
Arsenal dominated possessions in the first half, but couldn’t make the possessions into anything dangerous. In fact, it’s United that showed more effectiveness with their attacks; they came close twice with Ryan Giggs before getting their opener on the 44th minute with a Gallas’s own goal… but Rooney would probably take credit for that.