Cristiano Ronaldo, on Sunday, struck the 700th club goal of his career as Manchester United came from behind to beat Everton 2-1 at Goodison Park.
Ronaldo was again left on the bench by Erik ten Hag but was handed an early introduction by an injury to Anthony Martial.
By that stage it was already 1-1 as Antony cancelled out Alex Iwobi’s opener for Everton.
The five-time Ballon d’Or winner took his chance just before half-time to give United a deserved three points from an error-strewn game by both sides.
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The victory, however, took Ten Hag’s men up to fifth and within nine points of leaders Arsenal with a game in hand.
The Red Devils were seeking a response to being thrashed 6-3 by Manchester City last weekend but got off to the worst possible start.
It took Ronaldo just 14 minutes to net his first Premier League goal of the season as he latched onto Casemiro’s pass before firing low past Jordan Pickford to make it 2-1 to the visitors.
The strike took the 37-year-old’s tally in two spells with United to 144.
The Real Madrid’s record goalscorer hit 450 goals for the Spanish giants, while he scored 101 times for Juventus, and five for Sporting Lisbon.
The Portugal captain also holds the record for goals at international level with 117.
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