Manchester United vs. Aston Villa (4-0)
In an exciting display of skill, Manchester United demonstrated their ability to score goals with unique creativity. Cristiano Ronaldo once again demonstrated that he was the best player in the world by directly assisting 3 goals and scoring one. Ronaldo was the unstoppable force who began the game by scoring in the 17th minute. During a corner kick Ronaldo stood perfectly placed at the top of the 6 yard box, the ball soared in and was headed down right at Ronaldo’s feet; however, the keeper was ready and there were about 3 Aston Villa defenders in the way, Ronaldo placed the ball between his feet and side heeled the ball through a defenders legs and right past the keeper. The next goal came from a curling wing cross from Ronaldo to Carlos Tevez who jumped high in the air and fiercely headed the ball at the ground into the goal. In the 53rd minute Wayne Rooney scored an easy goal from volley, back heeled flick on from Ronaldo which curved past a running defender. Ronaldo gave Rooney another assist in the 70th minute after Sir Alex Ferguson made several changes (Man Utd will play in the Champions League against Roma on Tuesday). Aston Villa got away lightly as multiple opportunities to score were wasted by Man Utd. Either way the game showed that Manchester was in form and would prove to be a formidable adversary in the Champions League.