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\nCristiano Ronaldo could not hide his frustration that despite scoring his first Champions League goal for Juventus the Italian side \u00b4gifted\u00b4 a dramatic late 2-1 victory to Manchester United.
\nRonaldo struck with a magnificent first-time volley on 65 minutes to leave Juve on course for the knockout phase, but Juan Mata equalized with an 86th-minute free-kick before Leonardo Bonucci turned into his own net.
\nIt was the 121st goal in the competition for five-time Champions League winner Ronaldo who Juventus are counting on to help them lift their first European title since 1996.
\nInstead they must now wait for the remaining games against Valencia and Young Boys to seal their passage to the next round.
\nUnited did nothing to win the game,\u201d Ronaldo told Sky Sports Italia.
\n\u201cWe dominated for 90 minutes, had so many chances, could have killed it off three or four times, but we relaxed and were punished.
\n\u201cYou can\u00b4t even talk about luck, because you have to find your own luck and in this case we just gifted it to them.
\n\u201cNow we\u00b4ve got to lift our heads, as we played really well and are still top of the group.\u201d
\nJuventus are top of Group H on nine points — two points ahead of United — with Valencia now on five and Swiss club Young Boys eliminated after losing 3-1 to the Spaniards.
\nSami Khedira and Paulo Dybala both hit the woodwork before five-time Ballon d\u00b4Or winner Ronaldo brought the capacity 41,470 crowd to their feet when he hammered home Bonucci\u00b4s long pass from just inside United\u00b4s half.
\nUnited though had the final word as Mourinho brought on Mata and Marouane Fellaini, who helped turn the game round in just four minutes, the Spaniard bending in a free-kick from the edge of the box to give the visitors a scarcely-deserved equaliser.
\nJuve were then left in shock as Ashley Young\u00b4s free-kick from the left bounced in off a combination of Bonucci and Alex Sandro after a frantic scramble in front of goal.
\nFor Massimilano Allegri\u00b4s seven-time reigning Serie A champions it was a first defeat this season.
\n\u201cThe Champions League is a special competition, where you could be winning, but you can\u00b4t relax, as anything can happen,\u201d continued Ronaldo, who has won the competition four times Real Madrid and once with United.
\nIt was the eighth goal this season for the 33-year-old who arrived from Real Madrid in July in a deal estimated to cost 340 million euros in total over four years, on top of the 110 million-euro transfer fee.
\n\u201cI was happy with the goal, but I\u00b4m a little bit disappointed because we should win the game with three or four goals.\u201d
\n\u201cWe are top of the group, we\u00b4re a good team, but it\u00b4s a long way for the final. These people, the club, they dream of winning the Champions League, but we have to take it step by step.\u201d
\nCaptain Giorgio Chiellini said the team would have to learn a lesson, with a tough Serie a game coming up against AC Milan on Sunday.
\n\u201cWe have to learn from this match if we want to get to (the final) Madrid in June,\u201d said the defender.
\n\u201cWe knew Manchester have the qualities to make the difference and in the end we were not careful and good at bringing home a game that we deserved to win.\u201d
\nAllegri added: \u201cIt leaves a bitter taste in the mouth, but we can\u00b4t win all the time.
\n\u201cWe need to find positives and that is that this defeat won\u00b4t be painful in the end.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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