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How do you know they were saying it wasn't a penalty? Ronaldo stayed down a long time if he didn't want one.
Taken from the Torygraph

Bolton captain Kevin Nolan revealed that even Ronaldo and his team-mates were aghast when referee Rob Styles awarded Manchester United a breakthrough penalty at Old Trafford that could yet have implications for the top and the foot of the table.

Styles enraged Bolton when he deemed Jlloyd Samuel’s tackle on Ronaldo in which the visitors’ full-back clearly took only the ball, should be punished by a spot-kick that the Portuguese tucked away to give United only their second League victory in five starts.

Styles’ decision also brought incredulity from United, who had spent a fruitless hour battering Bolton’s deep-lying and well-marshalled defences. “Ronaldo was on the floor saying, 'I didn’t want a penalty’. I don’t think one of them put their hands up asking for it,” Nolan said. “Fletcher’s going, 'It’s not a penalty’, Tevez is going, 'It’s not a penalty’. They couldn’t believe their luck but you’re at Manchester United and unfortunately that’s what happens. It does strike fear into you when you look at this magnificent stadium. Maybe that’s what happened today to the referee.’’