The Match That Made Cristiano Ronaldo Win His First Ballon d Or

Now they're looking to score a 20th goal of the season today when you consider he got 23 in a hole of last season That's some strike rate Well I doubt Manchester United need any added incentive today He's not played that many games has he? Top of the table Smith is robbed, Rooney going through the middle Massive heart, oh unlucky Massive hole at the heart of the Newcastle defence Wayne Rooney will feel he may have done better there Yes, he should have kept it down And he doesn't realise that when he gets through here You see Tevez, you don't see him on the picture there but he's just to his left He's got a corner, oh he's got a foul He's unfortunate there, the big Irishman Jose Enrique was the defender A strong challenge Good ball as well, Ronaldo's away All of the extra men in the middle of United Rooney, Giggs and Tevez with him Rooney's going alone, Gibbon serves Cristiano Ronaldo's on the right wing and nobody near him at all Again Here's Ronaldo Looking for Rooney, too close to Shea Gibbon He started this move, not a bad ball in towards Owen It was full at that far post, what a good chance Oh the effort saved Well that was a good chance for Milner Didn't really get hold of it He's quite a tricky player Didn't know what would come across Tevez There is the Brazilian Wayne Rooney Rooney hits one again Gibbon, fine save He's got a curve behind that one He's got to credit the goalkeeper to play well It's a point of practice Giggs Flipped on his foot He's motoring ahead of him But he finds Rooney, lovely ball Rooney Great save again by Gibbon What a ball from Michael Carrick What a great ball from Michael Carrick They're creating chance after chance United Will surely take one in at some stage Great little chip Wayne Rooney's four Carrick Ronaldo Tevez could be in here if he gets inside Enrique Quickly Now Ronaldo Looking to get United going It's a great pass There's O'Shea on the overlap It's a great ball as well Tevez is there Can't direct it towards goal It's robbed by Enrique though Here's O'Shea Tevez Danger here Just couldn't get his foot around the ball Looking for Tevez Brings it down well Tevez Gibbon comes in Ronaldo O'Shea heads it Goalwards And cleared away by Kochaka Off the line I thought he was going to header it Cristiano Ronaldo here But he probably just gets ahead of him He's got a weakness at the goalkeeper Here's the corner Deep one Bit of a push by O'Shea at the far post It was a free kick Rob Starr's a good view of that Yeah but you just wonder sometimes Take your time coming in Carrick runs into a bit of trouble there It'll fall for Duff Duff's a threat Good effort Milner Is there enough effort to threat? And here's another threat Ronaldo Here's a free kick Taken quickly United getting on with this Ronaldo Oh Surely a penalty Oh Rob Starr says no Rob Starr says it's a dive It certainly wasn't a dive He was good at such a quick... Carrick Tevez Great vision there What can Tevez create? Straight at Gibbon There's quite a bend at the end of the goalkeeper He's not quite at proper height Here is Wayne Rooney Goes past Kashafa brilliantly Rooney tries a clever little chip Just dropping wide Another great check at the target Played by Rooney What's on his mind? Just with Evra O'Shea in Far post It'll just break forward here Tevez Rooney with him Here he is Bigs in the middle Oh, that's a bad ball win He's annoyed with himself Could have done better than that Really frustrated There's a break on Anderson Great threaded through ball Is that a foul? No No, that's not a foul No Took advantage of United They had the ball United take it quickly O'Shea's header Tevez I thought was being fouled by Jose Enrique there Falls for Ronaldo Ronaldo What a save that is There's the rebound from Giggs Blocked brilliantly for a corner It's not a tremendous save by the goalkeeper Here's the corner Carrick there Just wide Close thing again Clever footwork Ronaldo Can he unleash an effort? Oh, does well What a little shove there Half-time A bit frustrating for United They've had so much of the play So much possession Michael Owen will feel he was unfortunate At half-time Here's Rooney Might be an early chance here Tevez with him Tevez Off the line United almost ahead within seconds Then Rooney acrobatics Off the line again Unbelievable Just good It worked Newcastle very, very slack here Giggs couldn't get the ball in Ronaldo might though Tevez is after it Towards Ferdinand Got the flick on Clearance by Taylor this time Now Ronaldo Cristiano Ronaldo sliced it That's a free kick Because he's touched his foot He's a bit of a quick-witted kicker Amazing to think that decisions He didn't come back a few inches So is this going to be the moment? Giggs and Ronaldo It is Ronaldo Of course it's Ronaldo His 20th goal of the season Cristiano Ronaldo Gets the breakthrough at last United 1 Newcastle 0 Well he's taken a free kick And surprised everybody He's hit it along the surface I think most people expect When they take free kicks To jump up in the air And hopefully get their hands to it Their heads to it rather Not their hands He kicks that along the ground And gives the goalkeeper no chance Look at the players jumping up The goalkeeper stopped Ronaldo Pity that wasn't along the ground United swarming forward though Ronaldo quick ball in I thought it was United fans Winding up Newcastle Vidic and Ferdinand in there of course It's in towards Ronaldo United coming forward again Just breaking down Kacapa Enrique given Oh that's poor That'll fall for Giggs Rooney inside the middle Oh Tevez surely Absolutely catastrophic defending From Newcastle And that will surely be game over Oh it's the dummy again Comedy of errors That's what that was Well Newcastle defended like dummies And Zogbia Zogbia's curler Good save by Van der Zandt Michael Owen Oh dear Didn't have Esther Giggs Found a bit of space on the edge of the area Lovely backheel Wayne Rooney Always tried another empty breaking here Look at the face of Cristiano Ronaldo Tevez wants it played into him Till at times attacking in waves That was clever from Ronaldo Now here's Anderson back to Ronaldo Just Rooney Ronaldo Ferdinand's bursting forward at the right hand side He wants to join the party Here he is Ferdinand Not a bad ball In Rooney Oh no Oh should have scored Wayne Rooney It's been that sort of day for him Well it's happened to Sean But he's not actually here now that Both Mal and Smith Must have met a few times in training Tevez Lovely stuff from Tevez Get to the good crosses Tevez That's good stuff Tevez He's not going to catch it Just Too far in front of Wayne Rooney There have been so many things like that That have almost come off As well Into Rooney Tevez Oh this is great Ronaldo Oh magic Absolute magic From Manchester United Ronaldo has got it It's his 50th league goal For Manchester United And United are ahead here By three goals to nil You know it's funny I thought for a second Tevez had overhitted it But the control and the pace of Cristiano Ronaldo I just thought he'd over Ronaldo He's lovely Ceremoniously dumped there During the show Fletcher Goal Back pass From Jose Enrique Manning against Carr Good ball in Oh He tried to score Tried to feign Dan Fletcher Almost crept in Look how close this was Into Rooney Back to Danny Simpson Danny Simpson Great chance still Nani In towards Rooney Rooney can Carrick Here's Rooney Could this be the moment Wayne Rooney Given again denies it Play on anyways to the referee Here's Nani What can he do Here's Carrick Deserves the goal Off the line That was a screamer from Michael But Where's Edwin going here Oh no Just thought for a minute That Carrick had volleyed it Into his own net But thankfully It was at a penalty You can't believe the Refereeing decision there Can you In again Cleared Cristiano Ronaldo Duff with him Oh dear me There was no subtlety About that was there Fletcher Ronaldo He'll run at the heart of the defence Gets away from Kacapa Still he goes on Tevez Wonderful turn Tevez Is denied Simpson Oh Maduka in the centre Still he goes on He's going to go alone here What a fantastic run Goes down It's a good ball Ferdinand's there Oh That for a finish Rio Ferdinand Adam O'Neill And Newcastle Have been battered At Old Trafford What a great ball From Wayne Rooney Fletcher Ronaldo Rooney Ronaldo Rooney O'Shea Cleared as far as Ronaldo Is this the hat-trick Cristiano Ronaldo It is United Ronaldo Has the win for him He's got 22 goals For the season A hat-trick In the second half And Manchester United Are going top of the table After sweeping Newcastle aside 5-0 Well it's a great little Dummy here by Chris Great ball Ronaldo Onside Tevez in the middle Nani George O'Neill catch him Don't get there Just got a bit of a Shove Well he had a scout And again they say In towards Nani Helped it on towards Tevez Oh What an effort So unlucky Across the line Oh it's gone in It's six Six Second half goals Without reply Scored six And that's how it's ended Manchester United Go top Of the Premier League They have beaten Newcastle 6-0 All the goals Coming in the second half