(CNN)Cristiano Ronaldo scored 2 goals during his archetypal game backmost astatine Manchester United connected Saturday against Newcastle United successful the Premier League.
The Portuguese superstar rejoined the nine from Juventus this summer. He scored 118 goals successful 292 games during his erstwhile six-year stint with Manchester United earlier leaving for Real Madrid successful 2009 for what was past a satellite grounds fee.
In the archetypal fractional of his 2nd debut, the 36-year-old delighted the location fans, tapping location a rebounded changeable from Manchester United superstar youngster Mason Greenwood.
In existent Ronaldo form, helium ran to the Old Trafford country to execute his now-famous "Siuuuu" celebration.
His debut took a crook aft the halftime break, however, arsenic Javier Manquillo equalized for Newcastle aft a swift counterattack.
However, Ronaldo showed again wherefore helium was brought backmost to Manchester, getting his 2nd extremity of the crippled with a almighty debased decorativeness to erstwhile again springiness United the lead.
Ronaldo's Portugal teammate Bruno Fernandes extended Manchester United's pb with a thunderbolt of a onslaught from astir 30 yards retired from extremity earlier Jesse Lingard scored to marque it 4-1.
Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, a erstwhile teammate of Ronaldo's, lauded the operation of his 2 Portuguese stars.
"Good players tin ever play together. They person a communal respect and play for Portugal together," Solskjaer told Sky Sports afterwards.
"It's excessively aboriginal for maine to foretell wherever we'll extremity up. We person to beryllium accordant and let's spot wherever we are. It's changed [the atmosphere]. A fewer months backmost you deliberation however it was here. This is what Man Utd supporters should consciousness like."
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It was the crippled each Manchester United fans wanted to see: the instrumentality of Ronaldo.
Shirts with his sanction and the celebrated No. 7 had flown disconnected the racks and the Old Trafford stands were afloat of fans hoping for a glimpse of the five-time Ballon d'Or winner.
The excitement grew further when, an hr earlier kickoff, it was announced that Ronaldo would beryllium starting.
The roar that welcomed him connected the transportation up of kickoff astir lifted the extortion of the celebrated stadium, and Ronaldo's archetypal fewer touches successful the reddish kit of Manchester United were cheered arsenic if helium had scored.
The fans lone had to hold until conscionable earlier halftime to get what they'd travel to see: Ronaldo scoring erstwhile again for their club.
Some bully enactment from England planetary Greenwood resulted successful Newcastle Freddie Woodman redeeming the attempt, lone for it to autumn astatine the waiting feet of Ronaldo, to people his archetypal extremity for the nine 12 years and 124 days.
In celebration, Ronaldo delighted fans by performing his present customary celebration, wherever helium jumps, spins and thrusts his arms retired portion exclaiming, "Siuuu."
But aft halftime, Newcastle showed they weren't going down without a fight.
Managed by erstwhile United subordinate Steve Bruce, immoderate slick counterattacks threatened to level the game, earlier Manquillo's debased decorativeness did yet reconstruct parity.
It didn't past agelong though, arsenic Ronaldo erstwhile again displayed wherefore he's the apical goalscorer successful men's planetary football.
A slick done shot from Luke Shaw fell astatine his feet, which helium powered betwixt the legs of Woodman successful extremity for his 2nd extremity of the game.
A wonderment onslaught from Fernandes extended the pb to 2 earlier Lingard made it 4-1.
Afterwards, Fernandes praised the interaction Ronaldo has had connected the team.
"Everyone knows what Cristiano Ronaldo brought for the nine and we are truly blessed to person him," helium told Sky Sports.
"The astir important, arsenic helium volition say, is the effect for the team. Good players tin ever play good together.
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