Independent: Of course, it had to be Cristiano Ronaldo’s night. The Portuguese is currently in the form of his life and the piece of genius which delivered his side into the second round of the Champions League as group winners last night was one for his old side to remember him by: a vicious, dipping 30-yard free-kick which clinched this tie four minutes into injury time.
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Goals: Pique; Tevez; Rooney; Ronaldo
Guardian: Manchester United have gone through Group F like a team in a hurry and on this form they will be in a rush, too, to begin the next phase of the competition.
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Excellent performances and a return to the goal standard have ensured an Autumn patch of the deepest purple for United.
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Goals: Rincon; Bangoura / Ferdinand; Rooney; Ronaldo (2)
Four goals and a first class performance that was more authoritative than the scoreline suggests. This was the game in which United, at last, offered convincing evidence that they know how to win away in Europe.
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A match with Ukraine’s finest awaits United tonight. Is it too much to hope that after the Villa Park slaughter, the team can monster European opposition too on away soil?
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A well-taken Wayne Rooney goal gave United the points and another one-nil victory in a hard fought match with Roma.
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Times: The humiliation that they suffered at the hands of Manchester United last season has yet to subside for many of the AS Roma players, but, while Sir Alex Ferguson moved to quell talk of revenge from the Italian side before another potentially explosive meeting at Old Trafford this evening, Cristiano Ronaldo was less than diplomatic in rubbing salt into old wounds.
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Telegraph: When Manchester United trounced Roma last season it seemed far-fetched to imagine that Italian clubs used to have a well deserved reputation for being the best sides defensively in the world.
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Guardian: Wayne Rooney is expecting Roma to come out with all guns blazing tonight at Old Trafford to avenge last season’s 7-1 humiliation by Manchester United.
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GOAL: Ronaldo 62
Guardian: Cristiano Ronaldo’s instinctive reaction after scoring against his former employers was to raise his arms in triumph but, remembering his surroundings, he stopped suddenly in his tracks, turned to the Portuguese supporters who had been serenading him and bowed respectfully in their honour.
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Why does collecting a passport invite defeat for United’s players?
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Times: Sir Alex Ferguson knows better than most that there is nothing more important in football than winning, and victory against Sporting Lisbon here this evening would prove particularly special given that it would represent Manchester United’s 100th in European Cup competition.
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Independent: European ambitions? Best to put the domestic ones aside then.
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It may only be mid-September but are United set for a defining week in their bid for Premiership and European success?
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Mail: Liverpool and Manchester United have formally declared their opposition to UEFA president Michel Platini’s plans for domestic cup winners to qualify for the Champions League.
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Mail: Sir Alex Ferguson admitted Manchester United’s re-match with Roma will provide the talking point of their Champions League campaign.
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