Man Utd 2 Bolton 0 (Premier League 27/09/2008)
September 28, 2008
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Never a penalty - but who cares!
Ronaldo, clearly not back to full fitness yet and of limited impact on the match overall, demonstrated why - even below par - he is such an integral member of this team.
Whether or not the Portuguese winger dived to win the stalemate-breaking goal is a moot point - his defenders would argue it was more a case of Rob Styles making a howler than Ronaldo playacting. Either way, Ronaldo has clearly learned some lessons about penalty-taking since May, minimising his staggered run up and despatching the ball comfortably.
There was little debate about the magnificent second, Ronaldo and Rooney combining in the area and the England striker feinting a shot to bamboozle the defence before sweeping home expertly.
Full Highlights below:
Utd: Van der Sar; Neville, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Ronaldo (Nani 80), Fletcher, Anderson (Scholes 71), Park, Tevez (Rooney 71), Berbatov
Subs not used: Amos, Evans, O’Shea, Giggs
Bolton: Jaaskelainen; Steinsson, Cahill, A O’Brien, Samuel, Davies, Muamba, McCann, Nolan, Gardner (Smolarek 73); Elmander (Vaz Te 67)
Subs not used: Al Habsi, J O’Brien, Shittu, Taylor, Riga
Booked: Elmander, McCann, Davies
Attendance: 75,484
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About time! Great to be up and running. Can’t wait for Berbi to start scoring. Hopefully he’ll emulate Ruud, Andy, Dwight, and Ole.
That was surrely not a penalty. What the heck the Ref was thinking about
truly ronaldo was such a wonder boy in that match
adedpa you were wrong you know you cant tackle like that in the 18 yard box