Cristiano Ronaldo described his free kick as Man Utd beat Portsmouth 2-0 as the best goal of his career. The 22 year old Portugese international struck a beautiful 25 yard kick which dipped at the final moment leaving David James motionless.

"That was probably my best-ever goal," said the Portuguese winger.

"I work for this in training and I'm very pleased to score. I shoot the way I do because it is my strength."

Sir Alex Ferguson also followed up the praise by calling it the best deadball strike he had seen in the Premier League.

"This free-kick was as good as any I've seen in the Premiership, though. It was two or three inches underneath the bar and no goalkeeper could have saved that.

Ronaldo bagged both goals against Portsmouth taking him to a tally of 27 goals in a competitions so far this season. This amazing tally for a midfielder is only 5 short of George Best’s record of 32 goals in a season for a winger at Manchester United.