Ronaldo's Juventus Beaten At Home By Manchester United

By Nigel Phillips

Cristiano Ronaldo scored a stunner, but could not stop his former and most-treasured club from beating his new team as Manchester United rallied from behind to beat Juventus 2-1 at the Allianz Stadium on Wednesday.

Ronaldo, who had not scored a Champions League goal for Juventus since joining the Turin club from Real Madrid the last summer, took a good time to change the script as he broke the deadlock in the 65th minute in trademark fashion.

The Portuguese striker allowed Leonardo Bonucci's long pass over his shoulder before lashing a non-drop volley past goalkeeper David De Gea.

Ronaldo celebrated the goal by running to the corner to lift off his shirt and reveal his masculine physic, but would apologised to the Manchester United fans in the stands.

The five-time Ballon d'Or winner thought he had stolen the show, but the Portuguese and his Juventus teammates were upstaged by United's late drama.

Juan Matta's goal from the free-kick spot and Alex Sandro’s own goal sealed the points for the visitors in revenge for the 1-0 defeat to Juventus in the reverse fixture.

Chances were far in-between in the first half. The two sides barely tested each other until the 34th minute when David De Gea palmed Juan Cuadrado strike to safety, a minute before  Sami Khedira rattled the left post with a decent strike.

Ronaldo unleashed a first-time shot from inside the box and beats the goalkeeper inside the right post in the 65th minute.

David de Gea saved Miralem Pjanic strike towards the roof in the 68th minute, five minutes before the Bosnian drilled a whisker past the right post, and ten minutes before Juan Cuadrado ripped an amazing volley from deep inside the box narrowly over the crossbar.

Juan Mata curled in a free-kick straight inside the left post with five minutes to go, and the visitors wrapped up the points just four minutes when Alex Sandro mistakenly headed a cross into his own net.

Marcus Rashford could have extended the lead for the visitors but failed, when he shot into Wojciech Szczesny’s body after darting into the penalty area to latch on to a through pass. 

Manchester United are now second in Group H with seven points, two points adrift leaders Juventus, who have nine points from four Champions League games.