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From the latest transfer news, quizzes, videos, features and interviews with the biggest names in the game, plus lots more.Signup +Once a week...And its LIVE!Sign up to our FREE live football newsletter, tracking all of the biggest games available to watch on the device of your choice. Never miss a kick-off!Signup +Join the clubGet full access to premium articles, exclusive features and a growing list of member rewards.Explore An account already exists for this email address, please log in.Subscribe to our newsletterManchester United have few moments quite as iconic as Wayne Rooneys bicycle kick against Manchester City back in 2011.The Red Devils, top of the league at the time, were locked at 1-1 with their neighbours at Old Trafford heading towards the final 10 minutes when the England international quite literally plucked a winner out of the sky.It defies description, Martin Tyler famously bellowed into his microphone after the ball crashed into the back of the net. Hold our beer, Martin. You may like Playing with Rooney, Ronaldo and Tevez at Manchester United was like a PlayStation game Nani on being part of the Red Devils all-action forward line Bales overhead kick showed that football is sometimes more improvisation than planning. He scored like that because he needed to Marcelo on what it meant to assist Gareth Bales Champions League final stunner against Liverpool Philippe Albert speaks exclusively to FourFourTwo about his famous chip against Manchester United 30 years on Nani describes his role in "beautiful" Rooney goalGet VIP Manchester United tickets HERE with Seat Unique!Manchester United's hospitality offers comfortable, padded seating in the North West Quadrant. The package includes a concourse meal deal (hot food, drink, and snack) and the official matchday programme. Guests also receive a 10 per cent Megastore discount and non-matchday Museum entry, providing a great value, family-friendly match experience for home fans.View DealNani, scorer of the games opening goal, before David Silva equalised, was given far too much space to think on the inside right flank by Pablo Zabaleta and swept in an outswinging cross with only two red shirts in the box.Rooney and his marker, Vincent Kompany, both recognise in almost perfect synchrony that the ball is drifting behind them. It wrongfoots the Belgian, who slips to the ground, while the determined forward plants his foot in the ground, before flinging his body towards the ground and throwing his right boot into the air in an attempt to meet the ball.Meet it does, off his shin, some lament. Does it matter? Not a bit. Even now, over 15 years after the fact, it ranks as one of the all-time great Premier League goals.Its one of those goals that stays in peoples memories forever, assister Nani tells FourFourTwo now.Get FourFourTwo NewsletterThe best features, fun and footballing quizzes, straight to your inbox every week.Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsorsBy submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over.It was extraordinary technique when I crossed the ball, my intention was for him to head it. The cross wasnt perfect, it was drifting backwards.Finishing that move was anything but easy, and I could never have imagined such a spectacular solution.That is some praise, coming from a man who, it was once reported, got himself told off by Sir Alex Ferguson for being too acrobatic in his own celebrations during his United career.It was a goal always destined for compilation videos of the best goals, but the context makes it that bit sweeter.Not only is it a late winner, but it came against one of the clubs most bitter rivals, towards the tail end of a season that would end in Premier League glory for the red half of Manchester. Were the scriptwriters of the next great football film to write in this goal, itd get knocked down for lack of realism.The still image of that moment is beautiful, Nani concludes. Unexpected, brilliant, and more special because of the opponent.TOPICSNaniWayne RooneyManchester UnitedManchester CityPremier LeagueIsaac Stacey StrongeSocial Links NavigationFreelance WriterIsaac Stacey Stronge is a freelance football writer working for FourFourTwo, Manchester United and Football League World. He has been a season ticket holder at Stockport County throughout the Hatters meteoric rise from the National League North to League One and is a die-hard Paddy Madden fan.With contributions fromDani Gil
