Cristiano Ronaldo has admitted he is relishing the battle for points in the Premier League after Manchester United's hard-fought win against West Ham on Sunday.
The Red Devils went 1-0 down to Said Benrahma's deflected strike but Ronaldo himself equalised from close range before former Hammers loanee Jesse Lingard scored a fine curling winner to snatch all three points in the 89th minute.
And Ronaldo posted on Instagram to his 345million followers, revealing his love for being back in English football and the competitiveness that brings.
His message read: Every game in the Premier League is always an amazing fight for the three points.
'Today we got to see a glimpse of all the obstacles that we will find on our way, but we have to keep our mind set on our goals.
'Together! Strong! Focused! Let’s go, Devils!' followed by a muscle emoji.
The star Portuguese forward returned to Old Trafford on transfer deadline day in August, making his move back to United from Juventus after 12 years away.
Ronaldo at times cut a frustrated figure against West Ham, remonstrating with referee Martin Atkinson on numerous occasions after he turned down several of his penalty appeals.
Butt the 36-year-old has scored four goals in three matches in all competitions for the club, who face West Ham again in the EFL Cup on Wednesday before hosting Aston Villa in the Premier League on Saturday.
ELIKEMSAM
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18 years ago, CR7 thought Jesse Lingard a few skills as a kid, yesterday, they both scored in a game for Man United.. Mentorship. 💪
Messi10/10
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I became a barca fan because of Lionel Messi’s magic but after both (Ronaldo and Messi) changed clubs Cristiano hasn’t been slowing down, in fact he has improved (statistically) but Messi has been slowly disappearing. For this CR7 has my full respect. Know a legend when you see one
stunnerkicks
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CRISTIANO RONALDO IS OUT HERE BANGING GOALS AS USUAL BUT messi fan-girls are out here posting some dumb stats to give hopes to themselves since he aint doing anything descent at PSG . Y'all dummies just quit posting your dumb messi stats coz you look like a bunch of clowns🤡
ThaiKa92
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Without Ronaldo, Juve find themselves 18th position in league. Cr7 is not only GOAT but something else
AsadNoori
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Cristiano Ronaldo is 36 years old, and already scored 60% of United goals since joining United in most competitive league itw with all of them coming when team is losing or drawing. Still at top of world.
MuhammadAli93
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Just love it
Brightberry
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With Ronaldo and Lingardnaldo playing together, there will be no game that they can not win. Ronaldo already blesses him with naldoing blessing!! Lingardnaldo keep naldoing the net. 💪🔥
satyaballa
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the real GOAT of the football in disguise ☺😍❤
Marcelo12o
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best player in premier League after lord lingard
YoosufAbf
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Real Madrid vs Bayern in H2H 12 wins, 11 draws and 11 loses Scored 41 Goals and conceded 39 goals Barshitlona 💩 vs Bayern Munich in H2H 2 wins, 1 draw and 7 loses 🥴 Scored 13 but conceded 25 There is always a difference between a small club with recent success and the greatest club of all time. Time to time Bayern Munich and Real Madrid faced and put up absolute classic matches and all these close contests are successfully registered in history books. ❤
danmusa015
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Boooom Juventus turned to Arsenal
rapeilosuy
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He must definitely not play on Wednesday 💯 Cavani and Martial must be given a chance to redeem themselves, Sancho must start in his favorite right flank. Matic and McTominay must start the match while Van De Beek, Lingard also must play again. Lindelof partner Varane at the back because we must see how it will be if Maguire is injured 💯 if Heaton start the match then Henderson to play UCL match while De Gea continues with the league matches. Starting XI : Heaton, Shaw, Lindelof, Varane, Dalot, Matic, McTominay, Sancho , Lingard, Mata, Cavani
Vomclmoy
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Ronaldo after equalizing he was like, take it easy, I am not here on vacation. I came to score, win and break more records.
raoakrsyz
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I became a barca fan because of Lionel Messi’s magic but after both (Ronaldo and Messi) changed clubs Cristiano hasn’t been slowing down, in fact he has improved (statistically) but Messi has been slowly disappearing. For this CR7 has my full respect. Know a legend when you see one
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Bro messi played good. Ligue 1 is not real test. Ucl, I have belief he will do good. Come on he played only 1 full game. I am a Ronaldo since 2014 but Ronaldo plays closer to the goal. The best things about these 2 players is that they adapted their game at 30. Ronaldo from a full match trickster to goalscoring winger to player. Messi is a playmaker and goal scorer at 34. Love one, respect both. some fans in this app are too toxic.
rackson
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I became a barca fan because of Lionel Messi’s magic but after both (Ronaldo and Messi) changed clubs Cristiano hasn’t been slowing down, in fact he has improved (statistically) but Messi has been slowly disappearing. For this CR7 has my full respect. Know a legend when you see one
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We’re together on this bro, I’m a Messi fanatic but come on recently I’ve started to develop some mad respect for that CR7 guy, he’s a colossus 🤯
Messi10/10
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I became a barca fan because of Lionel Messi’s magic but after both (Ronaldo and Messi) changed clubs Cristiano hasn’t been slowing down, in fact he has improved (statistically) but Messi has been slowly disappearing. For this CR7 has my full respect. Know a legend when you see one
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Never messi is bad I meant Ronaldo has my respect for changing his club and still being at the top of his game
Y-C
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I became a barca fan because of Lionel Messi’s magic but after both (Ronaldo and Messi) changed clubs Cristiano hasn’t been slowing down, in fact he has improved (statistically) but Messi has been slowly disappearing. For this CR7 has my full respect. Know a legend when you see one
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Am a CR7, but I can’t repeat this enough. Messi doesn’t really do well under pressure added to the fact that his not fully fit. I think he will get into the system soon. Messi has never played for any other professional team other than Barca before now. Unlike CR7 who’s use diff styles of play. And CR7 is in his elements right now, pressure, competitiveness you name it, ingredients that make him the best.