Ronaldo spot-on as United triumph

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Ronaldo had already seen one brilliant effort equalised by Tim Cahill and it seemed United would have to settle for a draw as Everton held their own.

But when Stephen Pienaar brought Ryan Giggs down, Ronaldo converted his 16th goal of the season to move the Red Devils back to within a point of leaders Arsenal.

Not for the first time it took a moment of brilliance from Ronaldo to break the deadlock.

There appeared little on for the Portugal winger when he collected Carlos Tevez's square pass but, having stepped inside Lee Carsley's poor challenge, he let fly with a superb shot which dipped and swerved beyond Everton goalkeeper Tim Howard.

It was tough luck on Everton.

However, it took them only five minutes to level as Pienaar exposed some hesitancy on the part of rookie defender Danny Simpson.

He picked out Tim Cahill with an excellent far-post cross which invited the headed finish.

A draw looked certain until Pienaar needlessly stuck out his back leg for evergreen winger Giggs to trip over, giving Ronaldo the opportunity to claim the win.

The Portugal winger showed exactly why he is rated so highly, sending Howard the wrong way two minutes from time.