Against Southampton, Ronaldo returned to the starting line-up. Just seven minutes into the opening, the Portuguese missed a great chance to push the empty goal and ushered in the longest 13-year drought.
After entering 2022, Ronaldo has never scored in five appearances, suffering the longest goal drought since September 2010. Just 7 minutes into the opening, Sancho's brilliant diagonal pass gave Ronaldo a one-handed chance. The Portuguese beautifully escaped the attacking Foster, at this time, facing the huge empty door.
Perhaps too stable, C Ronaldo chose to push lightly. However, this shot was too light and was cleared by the back-and-forth Perot goalline tackle.
After seeing the opponent break the siege, C Luo looked dazed and depressed, and in the cold rain of Manchester, this scene made people sigh, even if it was as strong as C Luo, he had to bow to time.
Some fans left a message, "Cristiano Ronaldo has been complaining about being unhappy at Manchester United. Well, if it wasn't for his performance so badly, then the team would probably get more points. He now needs more good chances to score goals. ”
Other fans said, "Ronaldo's performance in the first half reminds me of Falcao. ”
Just three minutes after Cristiano Ronaldo missed a good opportunity, United got a chance to play a three. Despite Ronaldo's gesture for an oblique pass, Sancho chose to burst into the box and shoot low instead of passing the ball to the Portuguese.
Cristiano Ronaldo had just two shots on goal, and in addition to the opening six-minute shot, the Portuguese's other shot came from Luke Shaw's long pass.
In the 72nd minute of the game, C Ronaldo's header from the middle of the penalty area rushed to the top of the goal, but the referee immediately raised the flag to indicate that he was offside, which made C Ronaldo very dissatisfied, and constantly shook his finger to the referee to show that he was not offside. However, the slow motion proved that the referee had made the correct decision.
Missed scoring opportunities, continuing the ball drought, an assist, a goal were invalidated for offside, Ronaldo's impatience was written on his face.
Failing to break the Southampton goal, Cristiano Ronaldo's ball drought continued to 6 games, and also continued the spell of not being able to break in 2022. What's more, he had the longest ball drought in 13 years. The last time he suffered such a long drought was in 2009 when he set a record for seven consecutive unbreakable games on 7 January.
Starting with a match against Malaga on 30 May, Cristiano Ronaldo failed to score in La Liga against Mallorca, Osasuna, Real Sociedad and champions league against Ajax. On September 21, 2010, Cristiano Ronaldo broke the ball drought with a pass against Espanyol.
12 years later, Ronaldo extended the ball famine to 6 games, and it is reasonable to be so angry and impatient.