United superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has been criticised for not scoring goals in six games, with veteran Paul Ince even criticising the Portuguese superstar as a "selfish man" and the club should not have asked him to return. However, in the Manchester United battle against Brighton, Cristiano Ronaldo ended the goal drought and questioned his own performance.
United had a bad first-half performance and would have been behind had it not been for De Gea's brilliant save. On the offensive end, C Ronaldo was also one of the most eye-catching players, and soon after the opening, he followed Sancho and almost completed the assist.
After the start of the second half, seeing that the team's offensive organization was weak, Ronaldo took out his personal ability to solve the problem. McTomine, assisted by Bruno Fernandez, cut off Brighton midfielder Bisuma's ball, the ball fell to Ronaldo's feet, and the Manchester United No. 7 swung away from the defender to the right and quickly got up, and the ball went straight into the net! The 587-minute goal drought came to an end.
After the game, both managers were full of praise for the goal. Brighton boss Graham Porter said: "We were punished by a world-class superstar with a kick in the world wave, and that was the opponent we faced. Ralph Ronnick said: "Cristiano Ronaldo has a great performance, it is definitely his best game in these weeks, he has contributed a very, very important goal. Not only is it important, but the goal process is also amazing. Overall, Cristiano is very positive and always tries to help his teammates, which is very, very important to us."
In addition to scoring goals to break the deadlock, C Luo also responded to his selfish and only thinking about his own goals with practical actions. The data shows that in addition to 5 shots on goal, he also contributed 3 key passes to help his teammates form a shot, ranking second in the team after Fernandez's 5 shots.
Of the 3 opportunities created by Ronaldo, both belong to the "big chance" in statistics. Among them, C Ronaldo intercepted the cross of Brighton goalkeeper Sanchez, he could have risen on his own, but he chose to cross to the better-positioned teammate Fernandez, unfortunately United's true core failed to score the ball, resulting in C Ronaldo failing to get assist statistics. In other statistics, Ronaldo touched the ball 40 times in the whole game, the passing success rate reached 84%, and 2 times all passed successfully.
Interestingly, at the same time as Manchester United and Brighton battled, Paris Saint-Germain also played the first leg of the round of 16 knockout match against Real Madrid in the Champions League, which is the first time that Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi have played at the same time in 2022. In this air PK, C Luo is even better. Messi conceded a penalty created by Kylian Mbappe in the match, and a minute later, Cristiano Ronaldo scored for United.
After the game, in the selection of Manchester United's official website, C Ronaldo won 41% of the vote, and de Gea and Fernandez, who also won 23% of the votes, were elected the best of the game. According to other data, Brighton is already the 122nd club to be scored by Cristiano Ronaldo, and the three opponents he has scored recently are all teams he has faced for the first time, namely Norwich, Burnley and Brighton.
In addition, after opening the 2022 goal account, the 37-year-old Ronaldo achieved 21 consecutive years of scoring goals, which can be called another "evergreen tree" in football. Cristiano Ronaldo said: "Back on track! No one gives up, and there is only one way back to victory: hard work, cooperation, and serious commitment. Everything else is noise, come on Red Devils!"