Cristiano Ronaldo once again was there to rescue Ole Gunnar’s job as Manchester United went level on goals with top Italian side Atalanta 2-2, which took the Premier League side to the top of Group F in the Uefa Champions League.
The 36-year-old Portuguese international scored in both halves to ensure United shared points with the Italians and remained top of the group. The Home side scored in the first 12 minutes of the match through Ilicic fine shot that went through the hands of David De Gea. Ronaldo levelled the scores in the extra minutes of the first to make it 1-1.
Atalanta’s Duvan Zapata restored the lead for the home team in the 56th-minute of the second, but Cristiano Ronaldo again with another last-minute shot to level the scores again. The former Juventus and Real Madrid player has scored fives goals in four games in the Champions League, and he also saves saved Ole Gunnar Solsjkaer’s job again.
Manchester United management had in mind to sack Ole after the 5-0 humiliation by Liverpool. Still, they decided to give the manager a second chance, and the manager has been doing well since. With the help of Ronaldo, his side won Tottenham 3-0, and now they share points with Atalanta, making it two games without a loss.
Ronaldo has scored in each of United’s group games, netting crucial winners, and once again showed his desire to rescue his side with an instinctive volley that found the bottom corner in the 91st minute. Manchester United will face Manchester City at the weekend before playing Watford, and these games are the deciding games for the manager. His victory will keep him, and losing the games will mean the club is sacking him. The question now is how many more times will Ronaldo save Ole?