Cristiano Ronaldo scored a goal and also provided an assist on Saturday as Manchester United returned to winning ways in the Premier League with a 3-0 victory away to Tottenham Hotspur.
The handsome win was badly needed for the Red Devils who had been under fire lately for their underwhelming performances; especially the 5-0 annihilation in the hands of Liverpool at Anfield.
Ronaldo set the day’s tone scoring off an assist from his countryman, Bruno Fernandes in the 22nd minute before turning provider for his strike partner Edison Cavani in the 44th minute.
While it largely looked like the two goals by the veteran strikers will be enough to carry the day, Marcus Rashford popped up with a late goal to seal a comprehensive win for the Red Devils and effectively ease the pressure on Manager Ole Gunnar Solksjaer.
Saturday’s win sees United overtake Arsenal in fifth position albeit with just a superior goals difference as both teams are tied on 17 points after 10 games respectively.
Despite stretching their unbeaten run to 24 games, Liverpool blew a 2-0 lead at Anfield as Brighton battled back to earn a deserved 2-2 draw.
Both Jordan Henderson and Sadio Mane had given the Reds the lead.The Seagulls grabbed a lifeline before half-time when Enock Mwepu’s cross flew over the stranded Alisson Becker.And Brighton snatched a point after the break courtesy of a brilliant strike by Leandro Trossard.City on their part are now five points off the top after Pep Guardiola’s 10 men were beaten 2-0 by Crystal Palace at the Etihad.
Wilfred Zaha punished slack defending from Ruben Dias and Aymeric Laporte to fire into the far corner after six minutes.Laporte was then sent-off for pulling down Zaha as the last man in first-half stoppage time.Gabriel Jesus thought he had equalised midway through the second-half only for the goal to be ruled out for offside against Phil Foden.
The 10-men were then caught out two minutes from time when Connor Gallagher smashed high past Ederson.Burnley registered their first win of the season in style with a 3-1 victory over Brentford to move out of the bottom three.
For Southampton, they opened up a four-point cushion over the relegation zone thanks to Che Adams’ strike to win 1-0 at Watford.
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