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A terrific opener from Bruno Fernandes was followed by a second-half penalty from Cristiano Ronaldo and Raphael Varane's goal as the hosts cruised to victory.
Cristiano Ronaldo.
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Cristiano Ronaldo, who has scored the most home goals in the Premier League this season (14) had a goal disallowed.
His doubters have quietened amid his form of nine goals in his last five league games and Ronaldo is contracted to United for another year.
Cristiano Ronaldo is two away from 700 goals in his club career(alert-success)
Manchester United legend Gary Neville's commentary on Ronaldo for Sky Sports:
“This is the best they have played this season.
“They have looked more connected as a team.
“My man of the match is Cristiano Ronaldo. The penalty, the build-up to it, and he had one disallowed in the first half.
“Just his all-round performance has been outstanding.”
Ralf Rangnick on Cristiano Ronaldo_ Manchester United Evening News(link)
"But this is a question you have to ask Erik when he is here and it is also important how Cristiano sees himself and his position.
"Cristiano is not a central striker, he also does not want to play in that position. In order to not play central, you have to play with two strikers as we did in the last 15 minutes or in my first game against Crystal Palace or the second one against Norwich, and even in the second-half against Newcastle.
"But if you look at international football, there are not many top teams who play with two strikers. Most of the international top teams either play with three strikers or a false nine, so for me it's not a question of position, it's a question of what kind of quality players Manchester United have in the future."
Cristiano Ronaldo's penalty against Brentford means he's now scored against 168 different teams throughout his career. (alert-success)
Anthony Elanga
One of the funniest moments in tonight's epic was Elanga who started running to the corner to celebrate before Ronaldo even struck his penalty...One man who was more convinced than anyone that Ronaldo would beat David Raya was teenage sensation Anthony Elanga. The Swedish winger actually ran off to celebrate before his superstar teammate even made contact with the ball from 12 yards. Read full story here;
Bruno Fernandez
Statistics from OptaJoe reveal that Bruno Fernandes scored his 50th goal in all competitions for Manchester United this evening, 21 more than any other player for the club since his debut in February 2020 (Rashford, 29).(alert-success)
On the other hand, Raphael Varane scored his first goal for Manchester United.
Juan Mata and Nemanja Matic.
Juan Mata, a 34-year-old without a league start since the last day of last season and almost certain to leave the club this summer, was one of the best players and it's probably no coincidence that with the Spaniard in the team, United completed more passes than in any other league game this season_The ESPN
Cristian Ericksen
This was only Christian Eriksen's ninth match for club and country since his return from the cardiac arrest he suffered while playing for Denmark against Finland at the European Championship in June 2021
