Jan
14
Ronaldo bags his first man utd hat-trick
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Cristiano Ronaldo scored his first Manchester United hat-trick this weekend in a 6 goal second half thriller against managerless Newcastle.
He was of course very proud of his first hat-trick and surely his mum will be content after her comments earlier in the season.
He now has a total of 16 premiership goals this season, only 1 behind his last years total. Although he only has 2 assists this season so far, compared with a total of 16 last year. His overall record is 22 in all competitions so far this season, which is only 1 behind the total from last year!
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Dec
23
Ronaldo top scorer of the premiership
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Cristiano Ronaldo got his Christmas present early this year. His two goals today against Everton sent him to the top of the premiership scoreboard with 11 goals.
Dec
23
Ronaldo scored twice today against Everton to keep Utd in tight competition for the title. The remain 1 point behind Arsenal after this week’s fixtures.
The final score was 2-1 and the game seemed to be heading for a draw until Pienaar made a terrible mistake for Everton late on, bringing down Giggs in the box. Ronaldo clamly dispatched the penalty, sending Howard the wrong way.
Ronaldo’s first goal was a moment of pure brilliance at 22 minutes. He collected Tevez’s cross-field pass first time, stepped inside Lee Carsley and drilled into the top corner left-footed with Tim Howard motionless.
However 5 minutes later, Everton’s inform Tim Cahill headed in his 7th goal in 13 games this season.
Utd had a host of shots on target as they tried to regain the lead, but it took until 88 mins for Ronaldo to seal it with the penalty.
Dec
9
Goal and assist for Ronaldo in 4-1 win
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Utd won 4-1 against Derby at Old Trafford yesterday, with a brace from Tevez and goals from Giggs and Ronaldo. It was Giggs’ 100th goal for United. The win takes them to within 1 point of league leaders Arsenal.
Ronaldos goal came from a penalty when he was felled by Stephen Bywater. The decision has sparked controversy over Ronaldo’s greed for goals as Tevez was on a hat-trick. However Manchester United’s players insist there was no bad blood over Cristiano Ronaldo’s decision to take the penalty.
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Dec
5
Ronaldo double strike sinks Fulham
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Cristiano Ronaldo scored a double and could have got his first hattirck against Fulham if it were not for Rob Styles bad decision. Ronaldo had to swiftly dive over fulham keeper Antti Niemi to prevent himself being flattened by the on-coming keeper. In the rules of the game the incident is conceived as a penalty, Instead of awarding United the decision, Styles booked Ronaldo for gamesmanship, a decision TV replays later suggested was incorrect.
“I try to do my job and I try to play honestly,” he said.
“I respect the referee’s decision but I do not have the same opinion because I thought it was a penalty.
“If you see the replay, the goalkeeper never touched the ball, so it is frustrating the referee gave me a yellow card.”
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Nov
4
Ronaldo scores in 2-2 draw
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Cristiano Ronaldo scored in the 2-2 draw at Arsenal yesterday. United were set to win the game until Gallas saved the game for Arsenal in the 90th minute.
Utd were leading at half time as Gallas knocked in Rooney’s effort into his own goal. Fabregas then replied 2 minutes after half time to make it 1-1. Ronaldo scored in the 82nd minute to make it 2-1 to Utd.
In the dying moments of the game Clichy’s cross created a goalmouth scramble which ended with a shot from Gallas which, even though Van der Sar clawed it out, had clearly crossed the line.
Oct
8
Ronaldo scores 2 in 4-0 win over Wigan
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Manchester United finally found its goalscoring touch Saturday with a 4-0 win over Wigan that lifted them to the top of the Premier League for the first time this season.
Cristiano Ronaldo got two goals and Wayne Rooney and Carlos Tevez also scored to produce a lively 2nd half.
Sep
29
Ronaldo 1 : 0 Birmingham
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Manchester United moved 2nd in the Premiership after Ronadldo struck 5 minutes after half time to give them the lead.
United lost keeper Edwin van der Sar through injury at half-time and had to survive a spirited Birmingham display.
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Sep
28
Sir Alex Ferguson launched a bitter attack on Joe Cole for the tackle he felt should have seen Chelsea reduced to nine men at Old Trafford on sunday.
Chelsea were already a goal and a man down when Cole launched himself at Cristiano Ronaldo during the second half of his side’s 2-0 defeat to Manchester United.
Getting nowhere near the ball, Cole caught Ronaldo crudely on the ankle, but was only booked by referee Mike Dean, a move which triggered a furious reaction from Ferguson, whose mood had not changed after the final whistle.
“Joe Cole should have been sent off,” said the Scot. “Tackles like that are a danger to players. He went right down the back of his leg and could have done some real damage.
“It is the type of thing Cristiano is facing all the time now, but Cole got off with it because the referee was balancing things out after the first sending-off.”
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Sep
28
Everton fan: Man Utd’s Ronaldo left me in excruciating pain
Merseyside Police have confirmed they are speaking to witnesses and studying CCTV to establish precisely what happened during Saturday’s match at Goodison Park when Everton faced Manchester United.
Carl Lloyd, 34, told the Daily Post that the Portuguese winger sank his studs into his right arm.
The joiner alleged the incident happened during the Premier League clash as he leaned over the advertising hoardings to retrieve the ball when it went out of play.
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