Nani apologised to Cristiano Ronaldo after denying him a goal in Portugal's 4-0 win over Spain.
United winger sorry to team-mate
Nani apologised to Cristiano Ronaldo after denying him a goal in Portugal's 4-0 win over Spain.
Ronaldo was set to grab a memorable goal as he turned inside Gerard Pique before scooping the ball over Iker Casillas.
But as the ball was dropping into the net Nani raced from an offside position to head the ball over the line.
"I touched the ball because I thought I wasn't offside. Everything happened so quickly," said the Manchester United star.
"After having time to think about it I apologised to Ronaldo. It was a great piece of play and I shouldn't have ruined it."
Ronaldo, who threw his captain's armband onto the pitch in anger after the goal was disallowed, felt the ball had already crossed the line before Nani got to it.
"I don't understand, even a blind man could see it was a goal, the ball was half a metre into the net," Ronaldo said.
"I don't know if it's a coincidence or not but my best goals with the national team are being disallowed."
