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CRISTIANO Ronaldo hailed Manchester United’s second-half resurgence after hitting a spectacular winner to earn a 2-1 victory over Sporting Lisbon in their Champions League clash at Old Trafford.

CRISTIANO Ronaldo’s stunning injury-time free-kick secured victory for United and sealed top spot in Champions League Group F for the Reds.

ANDREI Kanchelskis believes this year’s Premier League title race is a straight fight between United and Arsenal - and is backing Sir Alex Ferguson to win out over Arsene Wenger.

OVER the last couple of months we’ve been running a competition for one of our readers to become an MEN fans writer, and we have decided that regular manchestereveningnews.co.uk contributor Terry Carroll has got the job!

JOHN O’Shea believes the current United squad is on the cusp of a breakthrough into the Old Trafford Hall of Fame.

SIR Alex Ferguson is using the top seed card as the carrot for United tonight against Sporting Lisbon.

MANCHESTER United assistant manager Carlos Queiroz has confirmed the Red Devils have cast an admiring eye over Sporting Lisbon’s impressive midfielder Miguel Veloso.

DARREN Fletcher will make only his third Manchester United start of the season against Sporting Lisbon - but you will not hear a word of complaint from the Scotland midfielder.

CRISTIANO Ronaldo and Nani will be part of the Manchester United line-up to face former club Sporting Libson in Tuesday’s Champions League encounter at Old Trafford.

CRISTIANO Ronaldo and Nemanja Vidic are both in contention to face Sporting Lisbon after United completed preparations for their Champions League encounter at Old Trafford.

THE ‘Neighbours from Hell’ are causing United some real grief this season.

UNITED and City could be set to lock horns in a January transfer window fight for Nicolas Anelka.

OWEN Hargreaves echoed Sir Alex Ferguson’s comments in criticising referee Mark Clattenburg.

SIR Alex Ferguson admits he feels sympathy for sacked former England manager Steve McClaren.

MIGUEL Veloso is hoping to impress Sir Alex Ferguson when Sporting Lisbon face United this week.

CARLOS Tevez is set make his move to United permanent with a fee now agreed for the Argentine.

FIND out how the Reds rated for their performance in the 1-0 defeat at Bolton.

MANCHESTER United suffered a surprise defeat at Bolton after a costly Gerard Pique mistake at the Reebok Stadium.

SIR Alex Ferguson admitted he told referee Mark Clattenburg “exactly what I thought” of him at Bolton this afternoon - and was promptly sent to the stand.

WAYNE Rooney has been pencilled in to make his Manchester United comeback against Fulham on December 3.

JOHN O’Shea has signed a three-year contract extension at Manchester United.

UNITED moved to the top of the Manchester Senior Cup group table wth a 5-0 victory over Bury at Victoria Stadium, Northwich, on Thursday night.

SIR Alex Ferguson will be counting the scars - both physical and mental - as his troops trudge back from foreign fields and prepare to resume hostilities in the Premier League.

GARY Megson is determined his Bolton side will not travel to Premier League champions United with an “inferiority complex.”

MANCHESTER United face an anxious wait to hear whether Nemanja Vidic will be fit for the game against Bolton at the Reebok after he picked up a back injury on international duty.

CARLOS Tevez has given Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson a striker headache ahead of Saturday’s trip to Bolton.

OLD hand Ryan Giggs has been revitalised by the wealth of young talent around him at Old Trafford.

PATRICE Evra is the latest United star ready to commit his long-term future to the club.

UNITED striker Carlos Tevez was sent-off as Argentina suffered their first defeat of the World Cup qualifying campaign as Colombia fought back from a goal down to secure a 2-1 victory on Tuesday.

UNITED have again been linked with a January move for Portuguese holding midfielder Miguel Veloso.

LITTLE wonder that the bruisers of the Premier League hold few fears for Nemanja Vidic, after he spent some of his childhood dodging bombs and bullets.

CRISTIANO Ronaldo has received a huge boost in his bid to be named as World Footballer of the Year - the backing of one of his main rivals for the award, Kaka.

NEMANJA Vidic cannot understand what all the fuss is about when United fans treat him as a cult hero.

UNITED have scotched reports that Wayne Rooney has returned to training.

HE’S been described as the next Theo Walcott - yet he somehow wound up at Turf Moor instead of one of Europe’s leading clubs.

DAVID May is emigrating to Dubai - but he’ll never be out of the picture at United.

NEMANJA Vidic is at the centre of a delicate club versus country tug-of-war following the second postponement of Serbia’s European Championship qualifier with Kazakhstan.

A Manchester United fans’ group has written to Sports Minister Gerry Sutcliffe demanding intervention to halt the spiralling cost of Premier League tickets.

JOHN O’Shea is close to putting pen to paper on a new four-year deal at Manchester United.

ENGLAND have received a further boost ahead of Wednesday’s clash with Croatia - with the news that Owen Hargreaves is available.

SCOTLAND’S Alan Hutton has emerged as a target for Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson.

GARY Neville says getting back into the Manchester United side is a bigger priority than England.

MARK Hughes is the bookies’ favourite to take over at Old Trafford when Sir Alex Ferguson finally decides to call time on his glorious managerial career.

WAYNE Rooney will see England’s Euro 2008 fate unfold on TV desperately hoping for a similar outcome to the last time he watched a major match on the box.

SIR Alex Ferguson certainly got pub debates and website forums going when he declared this week that he felt his current United squad is the strongest he has had.

SPANISH youngster Gerard Pique is getting his reward for sticking with United and plans to battle hard for a first-team place.

OLD England warrior Nobby Stiles blasted the gloom surrounding the national team’s fortunes and declared: “We can still qualify - and win it!”

UNITED youngster Fraizer Campbell is putting the smile on the faces of the Tigers.

FOOTBALL Legends will descend on Old Trafford tonight to honour the latest inductees into the National Football Museum Hall of Fame.

UNITED reserve keeper Tom Heaton has suffered as a result of the knock-on effect from Ben Foster’s injury.