Ronaldo scores as Man U end 2021 on high note

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Cristiano Ronaldo scored a 4th extremity successful his past 5 Premier League games to assistance Manchester United bushed Burnley 3-1 connected Thursday for its biggest triumph nether precocious hired manager Ralf Rangnick.

Ronaldo grabbed the 3rd of United’s first-half goals, tapping into an bare nett successful the 35th infinitesimal aft Scott McTominay’s long-range changeable was tipped onto the station by Burnley goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey.

McTominay, with a curling changeable from the borderline of the area, and an own-goal by Ben Mee had acceptable United connected people for triumph to bounce backmost from a disappointing show successful a 1-1 gully astatine Newcastle connected Monday.

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Aaron Lennon capped an entertaining archetypal fractional by uncovering the nett with a changeable into the acold country to trim the shortage successful the 38th with his archetypal extremity since September 2018.

By then, United had done capable to unafraid a 3rd triumph successful 4 league games nether Rangnick and ascent supra Tottenham into sixth place.

Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates his extremity against Burnley. (Getty)

United is inactive 19 points down person Manchester City, having played 2 games fewer.

It was Burnley's archetypal crippled since Dec. 12, having seen fixtures against Watford, Aston Villa and Everton get postponed since past due to the fact that of COVID-19 outbreaks successful opponents' squads.

It was Ronaldo's 14th extremity successful each competitions for United this season.

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