Ronaldo did not disappoint Manchester United fans in his second debut as well, scoring two brilliant goals to guide the team to a 4-1 win against Newcastle. In this way, with the arrival of Ronaldo, now Manchester United beat Newcastle and the team has come on top of the table with eight points with the third win in four matches played so far in the English Premier League.
The United team continued to put pressure on Newcastle from the beginning of the football match. At the end of the first half, in injury time (45+2) minutes, United’s Mason Greenwood hit a brilliant shot from outside the box towards Newcastle’s goal post, so that goalkeeper Freddie Woodman could not catch the ball and then Ronaldo, who was standing there looking for the opportunity, sent the ball inside the goal post.
In this way, Ronaldo made his return after 12 memorable years with the goal. Newcastle made a spectacular comeback against United, equalizing the scoreboard to 1-1 in the second half, as Javier Manquillo scored for them in the 56th minute. Ronaldo again scored a goal from inside the box in the 62nd minute to make the score 2-1.
With Ronaldo’s goal, United’s team started playing again in the match and Bruno Fernandez scored a wonderful goal for his side in the 80th minute. On Paul Pogba’s pass, Bruno struck a charming goal 25 meters away from the goal post. Later, Jesse Lingard also scored a goal in the injury time (90 + 2) minutes of the second half to make the match 4-1.
On the other hand, the players of Newcastle could not break into United’s defense and they had to face defeat. With this match, for the 200th time Ronaldo scored two goals in a match during his career, he also became the second-oldest player to score two goals in the EPL at the age of 36 years 218 days, before Graham at the age of 38 years 182 days for Burnley Alexander scored
Watch football highlights of Premier League match as Manchester United beat Newcastle United. In other EPL matches, Crystal Palace beat Tottenham 3–0, Manchester City beat Leicester City 1–0 and Arsenal beat Nywatch City 1–0.