It was to be Cristiano Ronaldo’s day again as he scored a brace that ensured Man Utd claim sole possesion of the top spot with only 8 games to go, he has now outscored United legend George Best and has a tally of an astonishing 24 goals so far in the Premiership, what makes it even more astonishing is that he is a winger and not a striker and the fact that he has established fowards like Rooney and Tevez to compete with!.
United showed their intent right from the whistle with the returning Louis Saha and Carlos Tevez combining on the edge of the area with the Ricardo Gardner being called into action to turn the ball away for a corner.
Just one minute later though and United had the lead they had been threatening as Nani’s corner whipped into the area was poorly dealt with by the Bolton back four allowing the ball to fall kindly for Ronaldo. The Portugal midfielder needed no second invitation and fired his volley home from eight yards out.
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He’s on fire at the moment, Ronaldo without doubt but United were very average overall last night. Suppose that could have been down to the seven changes Fergie made with one eye on Sunday. It shows you just how much he wants to beat Liverpool at the weekend that he rested so many players ahead of that game. It will be an interesting one on Sun as Liverpool are in great form and should be full of confidence for the game whereas United are not exactly in full flow at the moment (Ronaldo aside). I have sneaky feeling for a Liverpool win that would give them an outside chance of still sneaking up on the rails of the other 3.