That is the opinion of Ronaldo and Rooney’s former Manchester United team-mate Rio Ferdinand. Portuguese superstar Ronaldo scored a brace in Real Madrid’s 3-0 Champions League quarter-final first-leg win over Juventus tonight. But it will be his second goal that the game will be remembered for. In mid-air, Ronaldo fired home an unstoppable overhead kick past the helpless Gianluigi Buffon in goal.

GETTY Cristiano Ronaldo scored a stunning overhead kick for Real Madrid against Juventus

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It was similar to that, but his one was off his shin pad! Rio Ferdinand on Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney's overhead kicks

Ferdinand was at Old Trafford when Rooney scored one of the great Premier League goals against Man City in 2011. But the pundit says that it came off Rooney’s shin, whereas Cristiano Ronaldo’s came flush off his right boot. “Another goal that I saw, I was in the stadium and fortunate enough to see it, was the Wayne Rooney goal,” the former defender said after the game on BT Sport. “It was similar to that, but his one was off his shin pad!

GETTY Ferdinand says Ronaldo's goal was better than Wayne Rooney's overhead kick against Man City