C.Ronaldo thrive on boos

Attentiion, opposition fans

Booing Cristiano Ronaldo could seriously damage your team!

The Portuguese winker revelled in his bad-boy image as he ripped Charlton to bits, sending United top of the Premiership. Charlton fans booed Ronaldo from start to finish, expressing the nation’s anger at his World Cup antics, but it did not bother the United winger.

He thoroughly enjoyed himself and was cheered off by United fans who sang "there’s only one Ronaldo" as he smiled all the way down the tunnel. The extra spin-off to this anti-Ronaldo campaign is that the team is determined to rally round him.

There is a siege mentality among the players and there is nothing boss Alex Ferguson likes better than the feeling the world is against his club. He said the manner of this victory showed his team is maturing and described Ronaldo’s display as “absolutely sensational”.

It may only be early days but United have put down a marker to defending champions Chelsea in some style. They are the only side among the big four still to drop a point. Arsenal only drew at home to Aston Villa, Liverpool drew at Sheffield United and Chelsea surprisingly lost last night at Middlesbrough. Fergie’s men have also banged in eight goals in their two games and are playing with a swagger.

This was more comfortable than the scoreline suggests. Not only did they score three times through Darren Fletcher, Louis Saha and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, they also hit the woodwork on three occasions as well. To think there was so much doom and gloom around when Fergie flogged Ruud van Nistelrooy to Real Madrid. Fans wondered where a new striker was coming from. Maybe they do not need one. Could it be they work better as a unit without the Dutchman, good as his scoring record was.

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