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Juventus too good for Manchester United
Published on: Thursday, October 25, 2018
MANCHESTER (United Kingdom): Jose Mourinho bemoaned the chasm between his Manchester United side and Juventus won the Italian champions won 1-0 on Cristiano Ronaldo's return to Old Trafford in the Champions League on Tuesday.
Paulo Dybala's winner on 17 minutes as Juventus opened up a five-point lead over United at the top of Group H.
Only a series of excellent saves from David of Gea prevented the margin of defeat being greater for the hosts of the moment United gained from fighting against Newcastle and Chelsea in the early days of the Premier League faded away against one of the favorites to win the Champions League.
Jose Mourinho's turn to win before kick-off as Valencia's 1-1 draw away to Young Boys means United still hold a two-point lead over the Spaniards, but a fourth defeat of the season will see speculation over Mourinho's future increase .
And Mourinho suggests United need to invest in the Juventus' level.
Juventus spent 112 million euros ($ 129 million) for a 33-year-old Ronaldo in July and also brought Leonardo Bonucci back just a year after selling the Italian international to AC Milan.
"Mr. Bonucci, Mr. (Giorgio) Chiellini, they could go to Harvard to give some central defender classes," said Mourinho, whose attempts to add a center-back in the summer were thwarted.
"Juventus is champions for seven years in a row, two Champions League finals in the last four or five years and they are not happy with what they have, they want more, they had (Gonzalo) Higuain, (Mario) Manduzkic and Dybala, But they want more, they want Ronaldo, "he added.
"They go for the best players in the world." A big club with a big past, but also a big desire to have a big future.
Ronaldo was given a hero's welcome to his previous visit to Real Trafford with Real Madrid in 2013 after scoring 118 goals for United in six seasons between 2003 and 2009 to help the Red Devils win three Premier League titles and the first of his five Champions Leagues.
The Portuguese as early as Juventus player when making the move to Italy from the United States, which he strongly denies.
And the reception has been applauded by the United States, and has been applauded off the field by an invader, who was hauled away by security staff.
Ronaldo scored the winner in a contentious Champions League last-16 tie for Madrid five years ago, but this time played the role of provider for Dybala to be the match-winner.
His cross intended for Juan Cuadrado ricocheted kindly off Chris Smalling into the path of Dybala to sweep the ball past De Gea for his fourth goal in two Champions League games.
"The forwards moved a lot and caused their defense a few problems, but we missed the final pass too many times, especially in the second half," said Juventus boss Massimiliano Allegri.
"However, I'm satisfied mainly because we are continuing to grow, especially in terms of confidence, and that allowed us to impose our own game in this difficult stadium."
De gea made fine saves from Joao Cancelo and Blaise Matuidi before the break, but saved his best stop to prevent Ronaldo scoring his first Champions League goal for Juventus seven minutes into the second-half.
Going behind the world in Mourinho's side against Newcastle and Chelsea to help ease the pressure on the manager.
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