Cristiano Ronaldo surpasses the mark of 800 goals in his career
Cristiano Ronaldo surpassed the milestone of 800 goals in his career, this Thursday (2), when he scored twice in Manchester United's victory over Arsenal by 3-2, in an English League match filled with emotion.
A huge 𝗪 to start our December 👏 #MUFC | #MUNARS
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) December 2, 2021
Arsenal opened the scoring in a bizarre way in the 13th minute when, in a corner, Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea went down holding his foot after colliding with Brazilian Fred, and Emile Smith Rowe took the opportunity to play for the goal unprotected.
As referee Martin Atkinson did not blow the whistle before the ball entered the net and there was no foul, the goal was upheld.
United tied a minute before the break with a goal from Portuguese Bruno Fernandes and turned in 7 minutes into the second half, when Cristiano Ronaldo took advantage of a low cross from Marcus Rashford to score his 800th goal of his career.
Arsenal reacted quickly through Martin Odegaard, but CR7 scored the winning goal from a penalty kick after Atkinson went to the field monitor and determined that Fred had been brought down by Odegaard.
Siu Siu Siiiiuuuuuuu. #MUFC | #MUNARS pic.twitter.com/v5cYwKx5fj
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) December 2, 2021
The match kicked off with Manchester United fans displaying a banner in honor of former coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who was sacked last month. The club's new coach, Ralf Rangnick, watched the game from the stands.
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