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Cristiano Ronaldo awarded Champions League final Man of the Match award

A marvellous night for the Ballon d'Or winner was capped by receiving the gong from Sir Alex Ferguson after he had struck a brace in a comfortable win

Cristiano Ronaldo has been named as UEFA’s Man of the Match for the 2017 Champions League final, during which he scored twice for Real Madrid in a 4-1 win over Juventus.

The Portugal international opened the scoring with his side’s first shot of the encounter in the first half. An equaliser from Mario Mandzukic and then a deflected Casemiro strike meant that Ronaldo’s second, a deft near-post finish from a Luka Modric cross, put his side 3-1 up and cruising towards the title.