Twitter explodes as Manchester United superstar Cristiano Ronaldo scores 700th club career goal in 2-1 Everton win
Cristiano Ronaldo emerged as Manchester United's match-winner in a tricky away game at Goodison Park as he scored the winning goal in a deserved 2-1 win in the Premier League. The Red Devils went behind in the opening stages of the game but rallied back to stage a brilliant comeback.
It was Everton who scored first, with Alex Iwobi marking the game with a spectacular strike past Manchester United's goalkeeper David de Gea. The midfielder broke the deadlock in style, latching onto a loose ball during an attack after Casemiro misplaced possession. Iwobi took a nice touch to set himself up and curled a brilliant shot into the top corner of the net.
Ten minutes later, the Red Devils reacted vibrantly to find the equalizer. Idrissa Gueye misplaced possession in the middle third, with Bruno Fernandes stealing it off him and sending it forward to Anthony Martial. The forward drove into the area before sending a pinpoint pass to Antony, who put the ball into the back of the net to restore parity.
Notably, Casemiro had a massive chance to put Manchester United ahead with a header from close range. However, the former Real Madrid man could only put it wide, missing the opportunity to mark his first goal in the Premier League.
Two minutes after the miss, with half-time looming, it was Cristiano Ronaldo who scored the goal to put the Red Devils ahead. The Portuguese forward scored his 700th career goal with a brilliantly dispatched effort that snuck past Pickford to give United their second goal of the game. Cristiano Ronaldo's former Real Madrid teammate Casemiro who provided the assist, with the duo linking up exceptionally to put the Red Devils in front.
Cristiano Ronaldo's effort wins all three points for Manchester United
Both sides began the second half with intent, but struggled to find the chance required to add another goal to the scoreline. Everton notably came close a number of times, with Iwobi providing creativity in the final third. However, the biggest chance came for the Red Devils, with Marcus Rashford finding the net.
The forward received a brilliant pass from Cristiano Ronaldo, cut past Pickford and put the ball into the net, much to the frustration of the hosts. However, the goal was canceled by VAR due to Rashford supposedly handling the ball in the build-up. This left Ronaldo's first-half effort as the goal that sealed the game for Manchester United, and here is how Twitter reacted to the Red Devils' win:
I need the correct picture of Ronaldo and Antony, new wallpaper loading…Looks cold asf🔥🔥
Thank you VAR Ronaldo deserves the last goal not Rashford
Proper a$$ L!cking. Antony and Ronaldo ! https://t.co/GM1zSoyAKd
Only one goal and he is trending world wide. He is BLESSED
GOAT Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo has scored 700 club goals in 942 club games.
Lionel Messi has 691 club goals in just 820 club games.
We know who has the greater stat and he doesn’t play in the Europa League.
Ronaldo deadass gets boed at every stadium he goes to and still manages to drop a masterclass most of the times, His mentality is UNMATCHED and no one comes close.
Messi will equal Ronaldo’s club goal tally this season. Bookmark this.
Still can’t fully wrap my head around the fact that Cristiano Ronaldo managed to score 700 club goals, let alone score 817 in total. You’d need to score around 54 goals per season for 15 seasons straight to come close to that. One of a kind.
Messi is always stat padding on small teams but Ronaldo scored against Everton and you call him the goat. What’s the difference Everton and OGC Nice ? 😭😭
Ronaldo is giving his all!
VAR is not the problem. It’s the inconsistent application by officials that’s the problem. Rashford’s “hand-ball” far less of one than Gabriel’s. 🤷♂️
Rashford robbed of a goal and assist today. We move though
The handball rule makes zero sense.
The ball accidentally hits Rashford's hand and has no idea about it.
If he passed the ball to Bruno to score then the rule says it's no longer a handball, ridiculous
Amazing that VAR managed to spot the ball brushing Rashford's forearm there, but completely missed Gabriel doing a volleyball smash in his own box earlier
5 goals for Everton in 93 games for Everton.
Iwobi must continue to improve.
That Cristiano Ronaldo’s goal is Poetic justice.
Casemiro lost the ball for Iwobi’s goal for Iwobi. Well, Casemiro also stole the ball from Iwobi for Ronaldo’s Man-U goal.
Okocha is at Goodison Park & Iwobi scored an "Okocha".
Influence 👌
CRISTIANO RONALDO
THE GREATEST THERE IS! THE GREATEST THERE WAS! THE GREATEST THERE EVER WILL BE
Ronaldo goal, Antony goal, 3 points, 5 wins in last 6 league games and Liverpool tears. I’m a happy man, we move
Antony has already written his name in Manchester United's history books 🤩
Antony in the Eredivisie - 3 goals
Antony in the Premier League - 3 goals https://t.co/1M8AE7iarO
Antony is gonna win the balloon d'or before Neymar, Mbappe, Harland and your rated youngsters...
Antony Santos is a better player than Dembele and Vinicius Junior in my books.
When it comes to supporting Ronaldo, be an Antony https://t.co/DF7znvfo0a