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Ronaldo's last-gasp winner rescues United

Sep 30, 2021

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Cristiano Ronaldo was the hero for Man United as they snatched a 2-1 victory over Villarreal in the Champions League at Old Trafford.

The home side fell behind after 53 minutes, only for Alex Telles to equalize before Ronaldo netted the winner deep into injury-time.

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In other selected results, Juventus edged past Chelsea 1-0 in Italy…with Federico Chiesa netting the winner 10 seconds into the second half.

Benfica shocked Barcelona 3-0…with the Catalan side losing their opening two matches for the first time.

While Bayern Munich hammered Dynamo Kiev 5-0.

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Football’s prestigious Ballon d’Or award will be held at the end of November, having been canceled last year because of the pandemic.

The nominees will be announced next weekend.

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Arsenal’s Granit Xhaka is expected to be sidelined for several weeks, because of the knee injury he sustained in the North London Derby over the weekend.

Some sources say the midfielder will miss the rest of 2021…and could only return for the second half of the season.

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World number one Novak Djokovic is the latest big name to pull out of the Indian Wells tennis championship.

Naomi Osaka, Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal are the other notable absentees.