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HUDDERSFIELD Town star Oliver Norwood has a football memento to treasure – Cristiano Ronaldo’s shirt from his 100th international.

The 21-year-old midfielder got the shirt after playing against his former Manchester United colleague in Tuesday night’s 1-1 World Cup qualifying draw in Porto’s Dragao Stadium, which marked the milestone for the Portuguese superstar.

Norwood revealed the much sought-after piece of memorabilia came with a little help from a former Manchester United colleague.

“I still speak to Rio Ferdinand a bit and I got him to sort it out for me last week. He (Ronaldo) gave it to me in the tunnel after the game,” said Norwood, now back with Town for Saturday’s massive home Championship clash with Wolves.

Norwood has called on Northern Ireland to maintain the spirit they showed against Portugal for the remainder of their World Cup qualifying campaign.

Tuesday night’s display represented one of the finest away trips in Northern Ireland’s history, with Helder Postiga only denying them a famous win with a late equaliser.

Until then it was Niall McGinn who looked to have stolen the limelight from Ronaldo, the Aberdeen winger putting his side ahead with a smart finish after 30 minutes.

Click on the link below to see images from the game including Oliver Norwood's Northern Ireland's goal celebrations and Ronaldo in action

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Michael O’Neill’s side were on the back foot for the overwhelming majority of the match but defended bravely against opposition ranked third in the world and battled tirelessly as a team.

It was a big improvement on last month’s 1-1 draw at home to Luxembourg and Norwood wants to use the performance as a benchmark for their next seven Group F matches.

“We knew it was going to be a tough group but we have got to capitalise on this result in the four home games we have coming up,” he said.

“We came out, set our stall out and we’ve got to build on that now for the rest of the campaign because we’ve set the standard and we can’t drop below that.

“We got a performance out of every single player and we ran our hearts out for each other.”

Click on the link below to open our gallery of Huddersfield Town squad pictures from the 1920s to the 1960s - how many can you recognise?

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Norwood’s midfield partner and captain Steven Davis is a veteran of some big nights on the international stage, not least wins over England and Spain, and he rated the result as one of his best ever.

“It’s a big highlight for me, especially being away from home to a top team like Portugal,” said the Southampton man.

“We worked really hard and the shape was really good. We frustrated them for long spells.

“Maybe they deserved a goal in the end but hopefully this gives us the confidence for the next run of games coming up.”