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JUVENTUS BEATS MANCHESTER UNITED ON RONALDO'S RETURN BY A SINGLE GOAL
Juventus beats Manchester United with a Paulo Dybala goal on the occasion of Cristiano Ronaldo's return to the Old Trafford .
Juventus started the game really well and dominated the midfield. Cristiano Ronaldo contributed in a supporting role in the Dybala goal on minute 17. It was his cross from the right flank that felt kindly for Dybala who made no mistake to sent David De Gea to the wrong side and gave the lead to Juventus .
The @PauDybala_JR Mask is on show at Old Trafford tonight! ⚽️💎#MUFCJuve #UCL #ForzaJuve pic.twitter.com/hTT02MOgdf— JuventusFC (@juventusfcen) October 23, 2018
As Juventus dominated the rest of the first half, only De Gea stood in their way of killing the game off before the break.
The Spaniard flew to his right to save Joao Cancelo's fiercely-struck shot then produced a fine double save to parry Ronaldo's free-kick and swat away Blaise Matuidi's follow-up effort.
Top scorer in this competition for the past six seasons, Ronaldo is still searching for his first Champions League goal for Juventus having been sent off after just 30 minutes of his European debut against Valencia and subsequently banned for a 3-0 victory over Young Boys.
He couldn't have done much more with an effort that soared towards De Gea's top corner seven minutes into the second half only to see the United 'keeper produce a miraculous right-handed save.
But the rest of the second half Manchester United shown real character and had the more of the ball.
Paul Pogba pulled up a excellent performance and he was really unlucky that his venomous curling left footed effort came back from the bottom of the left goal post.
Anthony Martial's effort did't really gave Juventus goalkeeper any problems.
Juventus held their lead smartly and took the 3 points from a away fixture in UCL.
Comments after the match by players and managers ;
Lindelof (manchester united):
''We were playing against a very good team, very good players and yes, it was a tough game, but I think we deserved more than to lose,”said Lindelof.
“In the last couple of games we have played really well in the second half,”he added.
“I don’t know why, but we need to start the games the way we play in the second half I think, so we need to work on that
Victor Lindelof: "It was a tough game but I think we deserved more than to lose." #MUFC #UCL pic.twitter.com/F1IyuyTaWu— Manchester United (@ManUtd) October 23, 2018
Massimiliano Allegri ( manager juventus):
“We played well especially in the first half, when we managed to slow the tempo down and break forward at pace,” Allegri told the media after the Champions League Group H encounter.
“In the second half we created some decent openings but our final ball was off. That's something we need to work on but the lads still deserve credit tonight.
“Our wide players showed great movement and made it hard for the opposition to keep tabs on them.
“We've grown in confidence – that was already clear in Valencia. Tonight we read the game well and slowed it down when we needed to.”
Jose Mourinho (manager manchester united):
"The boys tried hard, they deserved a different result. A point would have been fair." #MUFC pic.twitter.com/FPTgiXKSb7— Manchester United (@ManUtd) October 23, 2018
conclusion:
All the Juventus won this match but United can take positives from this game as their approach in the second half was commendable.
As far Juventus they are one of the favourites to win the title this year. They are looking very confident and strong to go forward.
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