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Cristiano Ronaldo Says Roma Players 'Threatened' Him During 7-1 Thrashing

Cristiano Ronaldo has revealed that Roma players "threatened" him during Manchester United's famous 7-1 drubbing of the Italian side in the UEFA Champions League back in 2007.

The Portuguese star scored twice in that quarter-final second leg at Old Trafford, and he goes up against Roma again on Saturday, this time in a Juventus shirt at the Allianz Stadium in Serie A.

Ahead of the crucial clash, Ronaldo said that back in 2007, when United were 6-0 up, Roma players resorted to different tactics to try to stem the flow of goals, per Jack Otway in the Express:

"When it was 6-0, they asked me to stop, an opponent begged me to stop dribbling.