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Ronaldo Rescues Point For Man United, Champions League Hopes Fades

Cristiano Ronaldo ended his Premier League goalscoring drought against Chelsea on Thursday night to instigate a spirited 1-1 draw for Manchester United against Chelsea.

The Blues were one of the few opponents Cristiano Ronaldo had not managed to score against in the Premier League, despite his history with the west Londoners. That changed Thursday night.

The Portuguese’s 101st league goal for United galvanised his team after a disappointing first hour for the Reds. Chelsea had controlled most of the game and took the lead through Marcos Alonso after a scoreless first half.

It could have been a third consecutive Premier League defeat to equal a club record was instead Ralf Rangnick’s first point against a top-four opponent since taking interim charge of Manchester United.

Despite the late rally and 1-1 draw at the end of the game, United are now certain to miss out on Champions League football next season as they can only finish the campaign with 64 points.

Meanwhile fourth placed Arsenal already have 60 points whe today’s opponents have 66 points with two games less played by the London sides.

Izuchukwu Okosi

Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc. In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio. He worked there for 13 years until October 2017. Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch. He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations. Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line. Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.