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Mark Jones

Vinicius Jr overtakes football legend after 'best in the world' moment against Man City

Vinicius Junior opened the scoring in stunning fashion for Real Madrid against Manchester City in the Champions League semi-final, and in doing so he overtook a football legend's European record for the club.

The Brazilian cracked an unstoppable shot into the net from the edge of the box in the 36th minute of the first leg, following a superb run from Eduardo Camavinga after the Frenchman had escaped the attentions of Bernardo Silva.

The 22-year-old scored the winner for Real in last season's final against Liverpool, and this Vinicius' 15th Champions League goal for the club as he overtook his fellow countryman Ronaldo's tally.

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