Ronaldo's English meetings with City
P11 W7 D1 L3 (W4 D1 L1 at home, W3 D0 L2 away), goals: 4
P11 W7 D1 L3 (W4 D1 L1 at home, W3 D0 L2 away), goals: 4
Goals-per-game ratio for United: 0.43 (234 domestic league and cup games, 101 goals)
Goals-per-game ratio against City: 0.36 (11 domestic league and cup games, 4 goals)
Goals-per-game ratio against City: 0.36 (11 domestic league and cup games, 4 goals)
Key highlights
• Ronaldo scored his first cup competition goal – and only his second in all competitions for United – against City in a 4-2 FA Cup home win on Valentine's Day 2004.
• Ronaldo scored his first cup competition goal – and only his second in all competitions for United – against City in a 4-2 FA Cup home win on Valentine's Day 2004.
• He was sent off for the second time in his United career during a 3-1 Premier League defeat at City in January 2006, for a rash challenge on former United ace Andrew Cole.
• Ronaldo notched his first Premier League goal against City in a 3-1 home success in December that year; his was the late third, the Portuguese having also set up Wayne Rooney's opener.• On 5 May 2007, Ronaldo registered his 50th goal for United from the penalty spot in a 1-0 triumph at City; a draw between Chelsea and Arsenal the next day confirmed United as English champions.
• Ronaldo received the fourth and final red card of his United career against City in November 2008, picking up a second yellow in odd circumstances for handling a Rooney corner.
• Ronaldo said he had heard the referee's whistle and "took the initiative to stop the match". Sir Alex Ferguson said he was "trying to protect himself from the ball hitting his face". City boss Mark Hughes responded: "If it was going to hit him in the face, why didn't he head it?"
• Ronaldo netted his last United goal in a 2-0 home victory against City in May 2009 – a deflected free-kick – though his angry reaction to being substituted overshadowed his strike.
• United beat City in every meeting in which Ronaldo scored.
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