Cristiano Ronaldo fulfilled Sir Alex Ferguson's prediction after "tremendous" claim

Cristiano Ronaldo started for Manchester United against West Ham on Sunday. He scored the only goal of the game. Ronaldo has scored just one Premier League goal this season. In 2003-04, Ronaldo scored a goal against Portsmouth. Sir Alex Ferguson had predicted a three-horse race for the title. United won eight of their next nine games to sit top in January. They then slipped to third place. Diego Forlan put United ahead in the first half. Roy Keane and Ronaldo made it 1-0 15 minutes from time. The double-change made the result safe. It was the same goal that Ronaldo had scored against Pompey in 2003.