Low-key Ronaldo theatre gives way to second act of beautiful precision | Barney Ronay

Centre-forward’s sensational performance seemed to step outside Old Trafford’s doom-laden tides of the past week

Money won’t make you happy. Money won’t solve all your problems. But it certainly helps. Or at least, it does when that weekly debit comes in exchange for talent on the Cristiano Ronaldo scale.

Ronaldo was sensational here, producing a performance that seemed to step outside the doom-laden tides of the last week, most notably in a startling finish for Manchester United’s opening goal.