{"id":23031,"date":"2021-09-11T11:03:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-11T15:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=23031"},"modified":"2021-09-12T10:05:51","modified_gmt":"2021-09-12T14:05:51","slug":"cristiano-ronaldo-scores-twice-on-his-return-to-manchester-united","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=23031","title":{"rendered":"Cristiano Ronaldo Scores Twice On His Return To Manchester United"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Ronaldo scores on second Man United debut (PA Wire\/PA Images)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Cristiano Ronaldo announced his return to Manchester United by stealing the show with two goals in a 4-1 win over Newcastle which took Ole Gunnar Solskjaer\u2019s side top of the table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Twelve years and 124 days after his last Premier League goal, against Manchester City in May 2009, the Portugal international was back on the scoresheet in first-half added time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Only Matt Jansen (13 years and 187 days between 1993 and 2006) has gone longer between goals in the competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was one of the easiest goals Ronaldo could ever want to score and owed as much to his experience as it did to Freddie Woodman\u2019s mishandling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Newcastle goalkeeper fumbled Mason Greenwood\u2019s deflected shot and Ronaldo, gambling on an error, was rewarded with a simple tap-in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Javier Manquillo looked to have spoiled the party with only the second goal of his career \u2013 and first for more than four years \u2013 from a counter-attack but within six minutes Ronaldo had reclaimed the headlines, although questions were again asked of Woodman with the shot going between his legs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bruno Fernandes made it a Portuguese treble for United by firing home from 25 yards before Jesse Lingard\u2019s excellent finish in added time.<\/p>\n

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