Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice in Manchester United’s draw. (AP photo)
UEFA Champions League: Cristiano Ronaldo scored late in both halves to help them draw 2-2 against Atalanta.
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Cristiano Ronaldo scored another late goal to save Manchester United in the Champions League on Tuesday, as his former clubs Juventus and Bayern Munich both qualified for the last 16 with two group games. Ronaldo fired a minute from the edge of the box in injury time to snatch United in a 2-2 draw with Atalanta in Italy and put them on course to qualify from Group F. The competition’s all-time top scorer had earlier dismissed Josip Ilicic in the opener to equalize at the end of a clever team move in stoppage time of the first half.
However, after injuring Rafael Varane earlier, United were again behind in the 56th minute when Duvan Zapata ran a save for Harry Maguire before slotting in.
The goal was disallowed for offside before it was awarded after a VAR review, but Ronaldo returned to Old Trafford and scored his record-extending 139th goal in the competition, scoring his ninth goal in 11 matches to help the hosts again. failed from.
“We believed till the end. I helped my team get a point,” Ronaldo said. “We never give up, I think it’s a good result for us.”
The 36-year-old also produced an injury-time winner when United came from behind to beat Villarreal 2-1 in September and bounced back 2-0 to beat Atalanta 3-2 at home. Earlier.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side are level seven points in the group with Villarreal, who beat Swiss champion Young Boys 2–0 in Spain, with tienne Capou making the opener in the first half and then Arnaut to win a late win. Denjuma was founded.
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