Manchester United were dealt a major blow by Italian giants Juventus who inflicted a 1-0 defeat on them-Paulo Dybala scored the only goal of the match.
United will now have to obtain a positive result when they travel to Italy to boost their hopes of making it past the champions league group phase.
Nonetheless, the result was overshadowed by incidences that occurred in the course of the match.
The return of former megastar Cristiano Ronaldo to the place where he first made a name for himself before leaving for Real Madrid was one of them.
However, what took centre stage was instances when the traveling fans aimed thinly veiled jibes towards the Portuguese including ‘Mourinho son of a b***h’ and ‘Mourinho sh**’.
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The under-fire manager responded by showing a three finger gesture to remind them of the treble he won with Inter Milan during the 2008-2009 season at the expense of their team.
Under his tutelage, Inter finished 27 points above Juventus in the league standings and also dumped them out of the Coppa Italia quarter-finals.
A Paulo Dybala goal was all that Juventus needed to compound Manchester United to a fourth home defeat at Old Trafford in all competitions with a 1-0 win in a UEFA Champions League group stage match on Tuesday 23rd October.
Just like in his Manchester United days Cristiano Ronaldo tormented Jose Mourinho’s defense with a devilish cross that was blocked by Chris Smalling on to the path of Paulo Dybala who finished with the simplest of tap-ins inside the six-yard area in the 17th minute. Juventus continued to boss the possession stats as Manchester United were starved off the ball in front of their home crowd.
Manchester United only mastered one effort on target in the first half which came off Paul Pogba’s headed effort from a Juan Mata free kick. Juventus went into the halftime break leading 1-0.
Juventus had a carbon copy start to the second half with Ronaldo testing the palms of David De Dea with a thunderbolt from the outside the penalty area that was tipped over by the Spaniard shot-stopper. As the second half progressed Jose Mourinho’s men grew into the game and found the upright in the 74th minute when Pogba pounced on a loose ball to let loose a ferocious effort that cannoned off the cross to Szczesny’s head to go out for a corner.
Juventus withered a late storm by Manchester United to hold on for the 1-0 win to extend their lead at the summit of Group H with nine points from three games while United remain second with four points.