Cristiano Ronaldo will face Liverpool for the first time since sealing his FIFTH Champions League
Daily MailCristiano Ronaldo stole the headlines once again this week after scoring a last-gasp winner for Manchester United during their Champions League group game with Atalanta on Wednesday night. The Portugal international has scored three times in 12 competitive games against Liverpool He did score a great goal against the Reds in Real Madrid's Champions League group game One of his most memorable goals against Liverpool came during his time at Real Madrid. The goal - which marked Ronaldo's 70th Champions League career goal and was later voted as the best effort of the competition - helped secure Real Madrid a 3-0 victory over Liverpool. Liverpool boss Gerard Houllier went to see Ronaldo play and thought a deal was in place However, Sir Alex Ferguson signed Ronaldo for £12.2million back in 2003 Recalling the experience, Liverpool's assistant manager Phil Thompson said: 'On the Tuesday morning, we were having lunch at the training ground and it came up on the yellow strap on Sky Sports, "Manchester United have signed Cristiano Ronaldo for £12.2m". Since his return, Ronaldo has played close to 400 league minutes and scored three goals He has failed to score in his last three Premier League outings butwill be eager to change that Nevertheless, he returned to Manchester United in the summer - after leaving Juventus as Serie A’s top scorer last season.