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Cristiano Ronaldo attempted to score cheekiest goal of the season vs Newcastle United

Cristiano Ronaldo attempted to score one of the cheekiest goals of the season during Manchester United’s Premier League clash against Newcastle on Sunday afternoon.

The Portuguese superstar nipped the ball away from Newcastle goalkeeper before putting the ball into the unguarded net.

Newcastle had a free-kick and Ronaldo was adamant that Pope had already taken it. However, referee Craig Pawson disallowed the goal and punished Man Utd’s No. 7 with a yellow card.

The question is: was Pawson right to disallow Ronaldo’s goal?

If Pope touched the ball, then technically it was live and in play. Ronaldo and his teammates was adamant that Pope had indeed touched the ball, hence why they played on.

But the referee sided with Pope and refused to allow Ronaldo’s cheeky goal to stand.

Video: Cristiano Ronaldo’s attempt at cheeky goal vs Newcastle

Watch the incident here:

It was a frustrating afternoon for Ronaldo.

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The 37-year-old was handed a special award by Sir Alex Ferguson prior to kick-off after scoring the 700th club goal of his remarkable career against Everton last weekend.

Ronaldo wasn’t happy after being subbed off vs Newcastle

But he was the first player subbed off by manager Erik ten Hag with just under 20 minutes left to play and the scores still locked at 0-0.

Needless to say, the five-time Ballon d’Or winner looked less than impressed after being hooked by his boss.

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Ronaldo is expected to be in Paris on Monday to attend his first Ballon d’Or ceremony since 2017.

His former Real Madrid teammate Karim Benzema is the strong favourite to win this year’s Ballon d’Or award.

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