Ronaldo: His best goal yet?
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Cristiano Ronaldo believes his stunning free-kick goal against Portsmouth could be the best of his career so far.
In a post-match interview, United's leading scorer pondered: "It's difficult to say but maybe this one is the best. It's my style to shoot like that - sometimes it's a goal, sometimes not. I'm very proud to help my team."
Opposition goalkeeper David James could only shrug his shoulders after being beaten by the pearl of a setpiece. The former England goalkeeper looked awestruck and he wasn't the only player to feel that way.
Ronaldo's team-mate Michael Carrick told MUTV: "I was in the wall, trying to block David James' view. I just turned around and saw it go in the top corner. It was a fantastic free-kick, probably the best one he's scored. It was nice to see it fly in."He practices an awful lot and obviously the more you do that, the better you'll get. A few have flown in this season and I don't think that's down to luck. We all know the ability he's got. Hopefully he can keep that going for the rest of the season and score a few more."
Reds defender Nemanja Vidic added: "It was unbelievable. I think it was the best goal I've seen in a game I have played in."
Sir Alex Ferguson also gave Ronaldo's 13th-minute strike top billing, telling MUTV: "That must be the best free-kick in the Premier League.
"It was a marvellous hit. It was within two inches of the junction of the crossbar and the post. No goalkeeper in the world could possibly save it." -
The greatest free-kick ever
Man Utd 2 Portsmouth 0
- ALEX FERGUSON hailed Cristiano Ronaldo’s wonder strike as the best ever free-kick in the Premier League.
The Portuguese ace shot Manchester United back to the top of the table as he took his tally for the season to an incredible 27 with a double in the first 13 minutes.
But it was his superb 25-yard second which had the Old Trafford boss drooling.
Fergie said: “Have I seen a better free-kick in the Premier League? No, that must be the best.
“It was within two or three inches of the junction of the crossbar and post. No goalkeeper would have saved it.
"It was a marvellous hit. Ryan Giggs used to take them for us and so did David Beckham.
"But Cristiano’s strike rate is definitely the best — it’s phenomenal.
“It was a fantastic performance — one of our best of the season. I can’t believe it only ended up 2-0.”
Ronaldo said: “That was probably my best-ever goal. I work on this in training and I am very pleased to score.”
Pompey coach Joe Jordan said: “We can play better than that and we didn’t do ourselves justice.
“But that’s not to take anything away from United. Ronaldo was exceptional but he wasn’t the only one.”
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Rocket Ronaldo
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I lost count of the number of superb goals he scored against Portsmouth
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nice free kick
