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Cristiano Ronaldo steered Manchester United back to the top of the table with his second brace in the space of three days as the Red Devils beat Portsmouth 2-0. With England manager Fabio Capello looking on they took the game by the scruff of the neck inside the first quarter.

United made the breakthrough in the 10th minute after an incisive break which dismantled Portsmouth - and the visitors never recovered. Nani showed superb vision to pick out Ronaldo and he took full advantage with a cool finish.

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That put United firmly in the driving seat early in the match. It did not take Ronaldo long to add to his tally, either, with James stranded as a magnificent 25-yard free-kick whistled past his left shoulder in the 13th minute. (more…)

Manchester United weren’t at their best, but a Ronaldo double and a Tevez strike proves to be enough for United to come back from 1-0 to win 3-1.

Ronaldo continued his superb scoring spree over Tottenham Hotspurs. The Portugal wizard set a seasonal best tally of 25 goals already as we just have a few days before the end of January 2008 calendar.

Tottenham, in fact are a better team than the scoreline suggest. However, United proved there are deadly in front of goal. Tottenham only have themselves to blame after squandering a number of chances before United come into gear. (more…)

I has been out of town during the weekend game, it was a hard fought win for United at the Madejski Stadium. Goals from Rooney and Ronaldo seals the win for United to keep the Red Devils at the top of table with better goal difference than Arsenal who scored 3 past fellow struggling side - Fulham.

Full report extract from ESPN Soccernet.

Manchester United retained their position on top of the Premier League after goals from Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo earned them a 2-0 win at plucky Reading.United did not have it all their own way by any means and for a long time it appeared they would be denied by a combination of poor finishing, excellent goalkeeping and brave Reading defending. (more…)

Man United produced an utterly imperious performance against a beleaguered Newcastle to move top of the Premier League on Saturday night, Cristiano Ronaldo heading up the 6-0 victory with his first hat-trick for the Reds.

Astonishingly, all of United’s goals came in a second-half blitz. Carlos Tevez scored twice and Rio Ferdinand also got in on the act in a game with super cool finishing, you may mistakenly identify who is it from the TV angle as Ferdinand put the ball into the net with a skill of out-and-out goal poacher alike.

The Reds dominated from start to finish. Remarkably, it could have been even more convincing. Clear-cut opportunities ran comfortably into double figures, and so too could the scoreline. Newcastle arrived in Manchester in the midst of uncertainty. The departure of Sam Allardyce after a five-match run without a win was hardly the best preparation three days before a trip to Old Trafford. And it showed. (more…)

New England coach Fabio Capello saw Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney grab late goals for Manchester United to settle an uninspiring FA Cup third-round clash 2-0 at Villa Park.

Capello was able to cast his eye over a combined tally of nine players in the two starting line-ups who were eligible for England selection.

But it was Portuguese star Ronaldo who broke the deadlock with nine minutes remaining, before substitute Rooney wrapped up the game in the dying seconds. It means United have now won 13 successive matches against Villa.

Sir Alex Ferguson’s side just about deserved their victory, with Ryan Giggs and Rooney both squandering gilt-edged chances to settle the tie before Ronaldo struck. (more…)

Carlos Tevez’s excellent first-half strike proved enough to give Manchester United a winning start to 2008.

Sir Alex Ferguson’s men were rarely at their best against a determined Birmingham outfit but the visitors never really looked like finding their way through a defence that has conceded just twice on home soil all season.

The beauty of Tevez’s 10th goal of the campaign, a neat finish after Cristiano Ronaldo had returned the Argentine’s overhead kick with a impish back-heel, was at odds with the fractured nature of the contest.

But, as Tevez also hit the post on two occasions, United were worthy of a 10th successive home win, even if the matchwinner’s dummy-sucking celebrations raised an eyebrow or two.

And, the sight of the already-substituted former West Ham man needing to be carried to the dressing room by two members of United’s backroom staff after the final whistle was not what Ferguson would have wanted. (more…)

Manchester United awful records against West Ham continue today, as the Red Devils slip to a 2-1 defeat having leading from Ronaldo goal in the first half. However, late goals by Anton Ferdinand (77) and Matthew Upson (82) screw United down.

Arsenal have been handed the chance to move back to the summit of Premier League by their London neighbour West Ham.

Full report from ESPN:

Manchester United’s title hopes suffered a dent at West Ham after the home side came back from behind to win 2-1. Sir Alex Ferguson’s side had been on course to go four points clear of Arsenal, whose game at Everton was the day’s late kick-off, once Cristiano Ronaldo had given them a 14th-minute lead.

But last season’s player of the year then missed a penalty to allow the home side to mount a stirring fight-back that saw first substitute Anton Ferdinand and then fellow defender Matthew Upson head home from set-pieces. (more…)