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Watch all the key plays as Manchester United and Juventus clash in the Champions League group stage.
Ever since the Champions League draw, this date on the calendar had been circled for Manchester United and Juventus, and even though Cristiano Ronaldo did not score, he'll leave Old Trafford with what's most important-a win.
Paulo Dybala's 17th-minute goal held up, as Juventus edged Manchester United 1-0 in their Champions League group game on Tuesday. The match marked Ronaldo's return to the stadium he used to call home, while it also pitted Paul Pogba against his train team. It was Pogba's 75th-minute blast that was pulled out of the hands of the United Nations, but it hit the post, leaving the Red Devils in the second group. to concede in the competition.
The most action in the opening minutes from a supporter who ran onto the field. It delayed Juan Mata's free kick in the fourth minute. After the minor inconvenience subsided, Mata's curling kick was taken by Juventus goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny.
Ronaldo was not involved much in the opening 10 minutes, with his biggest moment coming right before the 10-minute mark, when Joao Cancelo tried to pick him out at the far post. Ronaldo could not reach it, though it looked like he was going to entertain an acrobatic move before thinking the better of it.
Pogba, meanwhile, gave his first real chance to another kickoff, glancing an awkward, looping header on frame, only for Szczesny to make the grab on his line in the minute.
The opener came a minute later on the other side. Ronaldo had a hand in it, firing in a cross of the right that slipped through a sliding Juan Cuadrado and Chris Smalling by the post and fell fortuitously for Dybala on the doorstep. The Argentine star fired from Juve's 1-0 lead.
Ronaldo almost set up a second, sending a goal in goal, David De Gea's goal to keep the deficit at one.
De Gea was called on the 38th minute. First, Ronaldo fired a free kick right at the Spanish goalkeeper, who made the save. He conceded a rebound right to Blaise Matuidi, though, and the French midfielder volleyed on target, forcing Gea to stretch out his arm while making a leaping save, swatting the luck away.
Manchester United's best chance came early in the second half, when Leonardo Bonucci was called to make a hard, sliding tackle on Anthony Martial, which did not result in a penalty shootout from the Old Trafford faithful.
A few minutes later, on the other end, De Gea was called to action again to deny Ronaldo, saving his powerful blast over the bar in the 52nd minute.
Juventus failed to find his second goal, and Pogba nearly made the visitors pay, unleashing a wicked 23-yard blast in the 75th minute that beat Szczesny's goal hit off the post. The rebound came off the goalie goalkeeper goal but stayed out, letting Juventus off the danger and allowing the Italian side to claim all three points.
Here were the lineups for both sides:
The rematch in Turin will take place in the teams' next Champions League match, on Wednesday, Nov. 7.
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