Fergie drools over Ronaldo

United boss happy to start Christmas period with win

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Fergie drools over Ronaldo

Ronaldo: Absolutely perfect

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Sir Alex Ferguson labelled Cristiano Ronaldo's performance against Everton 'absolutely perfect' after the winger secured Manchester United a 2-1 win.

Ronaldo put United ahead with a curling shot in the first half before converting an 88th minute penalty to make it nine Old Trafford league wins in a row.

The brace also took the Portuguese's tally to 16 for the season, and his display drew the plaudits from United boss Ferguson.

"I don't think he ever made a mistake - he was absolutely perfect, it was a marvellous performance from him," Ferguson told MUTV.

Marvellous

"The first goal was marvellous. The boy really has got everything and we're expecting goals from him all the time.

"The temperament and confidence he's always shown as a kid surfaces at times like that [when he stepped up to take the penalty]. He composed himself and took the spot-kick very well.

"Of course, others played their part and you could see what a great team spirit we have by the way we never stopped going. It's a very important result and it was a good team performance in the second half."

Though Ferguson was happy to start the Christmas period on a winning note, he was upset with Tim Cahill's headed equaliser for Everton.

Derailed

He added: "I was very disappointed with their goal. We should have closed the cross down sooner. We spoke about Tim Cahill before the game because we know he has good ability in the air and he did us at the back post.

"It was very disappointing particularly after making such a great start with Cristiano's goal. It derailed us really until the second half.

"My experience of this team is never to give up on them because they've scored so many important goals late on. Time was running out, but thankfully we got the penalty.

"With Arsenal winning late on yesterday it was an important result for us to make sure we keep close to them. It starts the Christmas period off very well for us."