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The Manchester United criticised Brazil for their dancing celebrations against South Korea as they ran out 4-1 winners

The Brazil players repeatedly celebrated their goals by dancing during their 4-1 round-of-16 World Cup victory over South Korea on Sunday (5 December)

Here are your Manchester United morning headlines for Wednesday, December 7.

Only one shock emerged in the last 16 as the cream mainly rose to set intriguing last eight

He only played a minimal role in Portugal's supreme thrashing of Switzerland, but a petulant Cristiano Ronaldo has stolen the headlines.

A summit of the four Mercosur nations has exposed tensions as Uruguay’s eagerness to seek out foreign markets collides with opposition from Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay

Louis van Gaal typically did not mince his words before Netherlands' World Cup quarter-final clash against one of the tournament favourites, Lionel Messi's Argentina

Neymar feared his World Cup was over when he suffered an ankle sprain in Brazil's opener against Serbia - but the Samba star's compatriot sped up Evan Ferguson's recovery from a similar injury in September.