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His finishing had been poor, but I'd say he had a reasonable game. He was at least affecting the match, whereas Cristiano Ronaldo was completely ineffectual right up until he scored the penalty in extra time, by which time the game was over as a contest. He got what he deserved with the goal he...

Gary Lineker, although not a wholly qualified success in Barcelona, did win the Spanish title while he was there and won the European Cup Winners' Cup as well as reaching a European Cup final. Paul Ince and David Platt both performed strongly in Italy in the 1990s too, albeit in sides that were...

Scoring the winner in the Copa Del Rey final and scoring the goal that effectively settled the Champions League final to enable your team to win that trophy for the first time in 12 years on top of scoring 22 goals in a season that had been interspersed with injuries suggests he has made a...