Fergie salutes ‘perfect’ Ronaldo

IF Cristiano Ronaldo was in any doubt about his importance to Manchester United’s title hopes they were emphatically dismissed by Alex Ferguson’s admission of the growing expectations placed on the 22-year-old.

With 16 goals already to his name this season — including 11 from 13 league starts — Ronaldo role as match-winner is now utterly entrenched at Old Trafford and his display against Everton merely confirmed that fact.

“The first goal was fantastic, marvellous,” said Ferguson. “The thing is the boy has got everything and we are expecting goals from him all the time. I don’t know if he made a mistake today, he was absolutely perfect. It was a marvellous performance from him.