During his six-year stint with Manchester United, Cristiano Ronaldo delivered a slew of outstanding individual results.
However, one of the Portuguese forward's finest performances came away at Arsenal in the Champions League in April 2009, months before his ultimate transfer to Real Madrid.
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United led the semi-final first leg 1-0 due to a John O'Shea strike at Old Trafford. When they met again the next week for the second leg at the Emirates Stadium, the game was delicately balanced.
However, Park's Ji-eighth-minute sung's away goal calmed any worries Sir Alex Ferguson's side might have had before kick-off.
Ronaldo then made it 2-0 for one of the most spectacular free-kicks of his distinguished career.
Ronaldo seemed to have little chance of scoring from 40 yards out on the right side of the field.
But there was never any doubt that the supremely optimistic Portugal international, who held the Ballon d'Or at the moment, would fire.
Clive Tyldesley was silenced by Ronaldo.
We all love Clive Tyldesley, *the* face of some of the best Champions League matches of the 1990s and 2000s, but the announcer demonstrated that doubting Ronaldo in any situation is most likely to backfire.
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Tyldesley said as Cristiano started his run-up, "Too far for Ronaldo to worry about it..."
A fraction of a second later, he said, "Woah! ” as the ball sailed past Manuel Almunia and into the net.
Tyldesley said, "absolutely sensational." “It went through Almunia, who was outpaced for pace, and Manchester United scored twice in less than 10 minutes here!” ”
Should Almunia have been defeated from too far away? Very likely not. But how many players will dare to take a free-kick from so far out?
Furthermore, how many players in the world will be worthy of doing the shot flawlessly?
Clive might be forgiven for believing that even the red-hot Ronaldo didn't have it in him.
Ronaldo completed a Man of the Match display by delivering one of United's finest ever counter-attacking goals with 30 minutes remaining on the clock, in addition to assisting Park's opener.
Ronaldo will play his last game for Manchester United in the 2009 Champions League final versus Barcelona.
Pep Guardiola's iconic side, however, won the European Cup in Rome thanks to goals from Samuel Eto'o and Lionel Messi.
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