Cristiano Ronaldo has dedicated his strike against Everton to Manchester United supporters, telling them: ‘This is for you’.
The 37-year oldHe was on the bench at Goodison Park for the Premier League match, but was replaced by Anthony Martial after only 29 minutes.
While Ronaldo hasn’t had his usual amount of starts in recent weeks, there was no issue with his sharpness, scoring just 15 minutes after coming on, which was The 700th club match of his career.
With the scores level at 1-1 thanks to Alex Iwobi’s opener and Martial’s leveler, Ronaldo took the game by the scruff of the neck after his introduction.
His Casemiro was a former Real Madrid teammate.The ball was picked up in the middle and the Portuguese forward played a great ball down the left side.
With the confidence of a five-time Ballon D’or winner, Ronaldo let fly with a low, instinctive effort that beat Jordan Pickford to make it 2-1 to Erik ten Hag’s side.
It was this goal that finally decided the game and moved United up to fifth in the Premier League table.
Ronaldo is frustrated with his inability to start a league fixture this season after the 4-0 defeat at Brentford on Sunday, the second weekend.
While being a regular starter in the Europa League, that strike against Everton was Ronaldo’s first in the Premier League this term, a tally that he’ll be determined to improve moving forward.
Despite his frustrations, he always had the support of Old Trafford loyalists and made sure that he highlighted them afterwards.
With There is still speculation about his future at club, it seems unlikely that Ronaldo will match the tally of 24 goals scored last season, but there’s no doubt the 37-year-old will be doing everything he can to kick on.
