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| Cristiano vs Arsenal at Premier League Match on 4th Sep'22 |
Cristiano Ronaldo's performance against Arsenal showed the basic challenges the five-time Ballon d'Or winner needed to play for Manchester United in action. He avoided Ronaldo when it came to United's shooting line-up in the fourth leg. Just minutes before the hour, the 37-year-old edged out goalscorer Antony on his debut with a final score of 1–0. I put it back on course trying to find the possibilities. Either way, United struggled to avoid panic and within nine minutes he scored for Arsenal with two counter-attacks.
Marcus Rashford opens smoothly past Aaron Ramsdale in 66 seconds after being played on a rich through ball from Bruno Fernandes. Christian Eriksen struck the forward in the 75th minute and Rashford's second goal of the match made it 3-1 for the Reds.
Despite failing to win the title, Ronaldo's impact on the game was decisive. At 1-1, Portuguese coach Sambi forces Loconga to lose possession of United's half with a brilliant squeeze - three passes and he's 10 seconds later, United are his 2-1.
Ronaldo didn't stop pressing and forced Ramsdale into an unexpected pass, but the forward sucked his breath into the keeper's neck. Fernandez failed to capitalize on the confusion as an Arsenal shotplug flew out and thwarted the United midfielder's attempt to slam the ball.
With his third goal for United, Ronaldo was at halfway at his line as he was surrounded by six Arsenal players and Eriksen took the opportunity to dash for Fernande's through his ball. The forward's simple presence on the field was enough to distract the Gunners from their other partners and create room for goals. Otherwise, I could have scored myself. A somewhat hilarious mistake by Granit Xhaka caused the Arsenal midfielder to slip his own foot on the touchline as Fred jumped to keep the ball in play.
