I was just wondering what was going on in the mind of Chelsea manager Felipe Scholari as he sat on the touchline, watching the young man he guided in the Portuguese national team. Christiano Ronaldo tearing his team into pieces as Manchester United routed the Blues to a humiliating 3-0 win at Old Trafford. The Brazilian coach might have foreseen this torture that was why he was advising the amazing dribbler and goal scorer to leave Manchester for Real Madrid last season.

The flamboyant Brazilian coach knew that with Ronaldo conducting the Manchester orchestra, it would need a lot of serious effort to destroy the tune. “Alexander the Great” has been able to keep his team intact and it is a joy to see the Reds display what has given football the tag of the most patronized spectator sport in the world.

Now there is every indication that Ronaldo is feeling very much at home at Old Trafford and “the mob” at Real Madrid should be advised to stop their routine pursuit of the youngster at the least hint of the opening of the transfer window. The young man says he is extremely happy at Old Trafford and has learnt a lot from “Alexander the Great.” “It is a privilege to have such a great club manager” he said.

Ronaldo has achieved so much with United. – English champions, European champions, world champions and individually the best player in Europe and the whole wide world. A British sports writer had this description of Ronaldo and I quote: “Ronaldo is all about acceleration, speed of thought and ability to move quickly with the ball as well as without it”. I believe it is no exaggeration to say that Ronaldo is a phenomenon and it is fitting that he plays for Manchester United which in my estimation is the best football institution in the world.

Barely 48 hours after being crowned the world’s number one footballer by FIFA, Ronaldo was in action at Old Trafford where his incisive pass found the itching feet of Rooney who scored in 54 seconds from kick off against Wigan to give United three valuable home points in an outstanding premier league match

This victory puts United only two points behind leaders Liverpool. And still with one outstanding match in hand the coming weeks should see exciting times in the English premiership especially when traditional title chasers Liverpool and Arsenal will visit Old Trafford.

Meanwhile its three cheers for Christiano Ronaldo who has maintained the magical name of the original Ronaldo from Brazil, the World Cup’s top scorer who is fighting fitness to thrill fans with his magical display before saying goodbye to the game that has made his name synonymous with all that glitters in football.