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Wayne Rooney texts Rio Ferdinand claiming his Manchester United bicycle kick was better than Cristiano Ronaldo's: 'It is a harder technique off your shins... so I'll go with my own'

Wayne Rooney messaged Rio Ferdinand following Cristiano Ronaldo's bicycle kick against Juventus to claim that his effort in 2011 was better.

Ronaldo stunned fans around the world on Tuesday night when he scored an amazing acrobatic effort in Real Madrid's Champions League quarter-final first-leg victory in Turin.

After the game, the Portuguese star's strike was inevitably compared with the one Rooney spectacularly scored for Manchester United against rivals City at Old Trafford back in 2011.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored a sublime bicycle kick for Real Madrid against Juventus on Tuesday
Cristiano Ronaldo scored a sublime bicycle kick for Real Madrid against Juventus on Tuesday
Ronaldo's effort drew comparisons with Wayne Rooney's against Manchester City in 2011
Ronaldo's effort drew comparisons with Wayne Rooney's against Manchester City in 2011

However, Rooney's former United team-mate and pundit Rio Ferdinand, argued that Ronaldo's screamer was the better of the two.