Cristiano Ronaldo has announced his return to Manchester United in the grand manner, scoring twice in a 4-1 win over Newcastle which has taken Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side to the top of the Premier League.
Twelve years and 124 days after his last Premier League goal, against Manchester City in May 2009, the Portugal superstar was back on the scoresheet in first-half added time at Old Trafford on Saturday.
It was one of the easiest goals Ronaldo could ever want to score and owed as much to his experience as it did to Freddie Woodman’s mishandling.