There were 'Siiiu's rather than boos, "Viva Ronaldo" reverberated around Old Trafford and Cristiano Ronaldo was back on the scoresheet again.
It takes a particularly egregious act for United matchgoers to boo players past or present and Ronaldo, an undeniable club great, has enriched their lives too much to ever be subjected to such ignominy. The adoration from the Stretford End at full-time was palpable.
A week on from a PR-massaged statement of contrition, Ronaldo returned to the normality of starting and scoring for his club. He is far from guaranteed that against West Ham on Sunday but tensions have been defused and he was appreciative of the support from teammates and matchgoers.
