It took approximately 45 minutes for Cristiano Ronaldo to pick up where he left off at Manchester United.
His rebound finish after a spilled Mason Greenwood strike on the stroke of half-time broke the deadlock as United ran out 4-1 winners at home to Newcastle United at Old Trafford.
Though the counter-attacking visitors finally made one of their breakaways count on 56 minutes when Manquillo equalised for the Magpies, 'CR7' quickly restored his new/old club's lead from a Luke Shaw delivery.
And with incumbent league leaders Tottenham falling to a shock 3-0 defeat to Crystal Palace earlier on Saturday, opportunity knocked for the Red Devils as well as West Ham, Chelsea, Liverpool and Everton to be the ones to leapfrog them as the early season leaders — and late additional goals from Bruno Fernandes and Jesse Lingard ensured Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side have a considerable goal difference edge over their adversaries, who play later on Saturday or on Sunday.
Both of those latter goals were set up by Paul Pogba, with the French midfielder now accruing an impressive seven Premier League assists in four games.
As for the triumphant homecoming, Ronaldo rolled back the years to provide function as more than just an ageing frontman, covering all zones of the attacking third and adapting to the ways of his new team-mates rather well.
United fans will now be optimistic that with Ronaldo back plus Jadon Sancho, Raphael Varane and more, they have a squad to seriously pursue the title they have not posed a serious threat to since 2013 when they last lifted the trophy in Sir Alex Ferguson's final campaign in charge.
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