Cristiano Ronaldo scored a goal in the last minutes, to complete a wonderful "remontada" for Manchester United, in which he compensated for his late double against his Italian guest, Atalanta, to a fatal victory with a score of 3-2, in the third round of the Champions League, Wednesday.
In the top match in Group F, the "Red Devils" owe this precious victory to the goals of the trio Marcus Rashford (53), Harry Maguire (75), then Ronaldo (81), while the Croatian Mario Pasalic (15) and the Turkish Merih Demiral (29) scored two goals. Atalanta.
Thus, United led its group with six points from three matches, and was behind Atalanta with four points, a single goal difference from Villarreal of Spain, who won their first victory in the competition at the expense of the Swiss Young Boys 3-1.
With this victory, Manchester United regained its strong form, which allows its Norwegian coach Ole-Gunnar Solskjaer to breathe a sigh of relief, after any potential loss would have put his fate under the guillotine of dismissal.
At Old Trafford, known as the "Theater of Dreams", Atalanta was a race to score in the 15th minute, after David Zappacosta sent a cross into the penalty area to Pasalic, who shot directly into the net of Spanish goalkeeper David de Gea.
Atalanta put the "Red Devils" in a difficult position by doubling the result after Demiral rose to a corner, turning it with his head into the net after a positioning error from captain Maguire (29).
But United rose up in the second half of the match, starting to reduce the difference in the 53rd minute, after Portuguese Bruno Fernandes sent an imaginary intersection to Rashford, who was alone with the goalkeeper and landed the ball to his left.
Rashford's 300th goal for Manchester United in all competitions led by Solshire, although the English team failed to keep a clean sheet at home in 12 consecutive games, the longest streak for the "Red Devils" since February 1964 (13 games).
Maguire compensated for the defensive error he made by equalizing for United in the 75th minute, after he followed a cross from Fernandes, hitting the ball into the net, to score his first European goals with his team.
With the pressure continuing, and while Atalanta looked back and satisfied with a draw, Ronaldo was the permanent savior on the lookout, grabbing the winning goal in the 81st minute, with a powerful header that the goalkeeper did not move, to leave Solskjaer's men with three points in their pocket.
wide victory
In the first group, Bayern Munich continued its sweeping results with a broad victory at the expense of its Portuguese host, Benfica, which came with a clean four.
The Bavarian giant's goals all came in the second half, after the VAR technology canceled two goals for the European champions 2020 that were signed by Robert Lewandowski (d.43) and Thomas Muller (52).
But the hosts could not withstand the thunderous German attack, and eventually collapsed, conceding four goals in a row in the last twenty minutes.
He continued to score goals by Leroy Sani (70), and the substitute for Dynamo Kiev, Everton, with an own goal (80th minute), and Lewandowski (82nd), before Sani concluded the goals festival with his second goal in the 84th minute.
Bayern continued to score its wide results in the tournament after beating Barcelona 3-0 in the first round, while it swept Dynamo Kiev 5-0 in the second.
Bayern leads the group with a full score (9 points), ahead of Benfica (4 points), a point ahead of Barcelona, who won earlier, Wednesday, their first victory at the expense of Dynamo Kiev, while the latter is at the bottom of the standings with an orphan point.
At the time of the killer
In Group H, the Italian Juventus achieved a victory in the deadly time over its host Zenit St. Petersburg, Russia, with a clean goal, while Chelsea, the English champion, reviewed the title, at the expense of its Swedish guest, Malmo, by four clean.
After a disastrous start to the season on the impact of Ronaldo's departure, and two of his three league matches, the "Old Lady" team regained its luster.
Swede Dejan Kulusevsky scored the only goal of the match in the 86th minute, to raise the "Old Lady" team to 9 points with a full score in the lead, while Zenit's balance froze with three points in third place.
As for Chelsea, which Juventus did a great service, it did not waste the opportunity and swept its Swedish guest at Stamford Bridge.
The easy victory for German coach Thomas Tuchel's men came with goals from Andreas Christensen (9), who scored his first goals with "The Blues" after 137 appearances, Italian Jorginho (21 and 57 from two penalties) and German Kai Havertz (48).
Chelsea raised its score to 6 points in second place, while Malmo is bottom without points.
But the match was not without losses for Chelsea, as German strikers Timo Werner and Belgium's Romelu Lukaku were injured, and therefore the upcoming matches may be difficult for the "Blues" in the absence of their most prominent strikers.
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